For I know my transgressions, and my sin is always before me. (Psalm 51:3)

When I kept silent, my bones wasted away through my groaning all day long. For day and night your hand was heavy on me; my strength was sapped as in the heat of summer (Psalm 32:3-4).

Yesterday’s DWOD ended with a suggested prayer: “Holy Spirit, what could be standing in the way of my experiencing the reality of the Atonement in full measure in my life?”

Chances are that as you waited in silence, Holy Spirit began to release some revelations. You may wish to read a detailed response posted by one of our subscribers right here.

Perhaps the most obvious answer to the question is just this one simple word: SIN.

King David puts it this way in Psalm 51:3: “My sin is always before me.”

According to the notes at the top of this Psalm, these words were penned after the prophet Nathan confronted David about how he had committed adultery with Bathsheba and conspired to commit the murder of her husband Uriah.

Clearly, David cannot experience At.One.Ment with God when sin is standing between him and God!

In verses 3 & 4 of Psalm 32, David expresses the pain this causes not only spiritually and emotionally, but also physically: “When I kept silent, my bones wasted away through my groaning all day long. For day and night your hand was heavy on me; my strength was sapped as in the heat of summer.”

Once again, there is a sense of separation from God, punctuated by pain, caused by unconfessed sin.

In this first part of the 21 Days of At.One.Ment. Fast, we take time to come clean before God. The starting point is examining whether there is any sin in us that we have not yet confessed.

May I suggest that you ask this question on the 2^nd day of the Fast: “Holy Spirit, would you search my heart and reveal to me any unconfessed sin in my life?”

When the revelation comes, would you then follow the prescription in I John 1:9 and experience the fulfilment of the promise it contains? “If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.”

Please feel free to share your feedback to this word, any revelations you receive, as well as your experience of the Fast to date with the rest of your DWOD family in the comments section immediately below this post.