“If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness”. 1John 1:9
Pole vaulting is a scary field event. Clearing the bar is daunting, and success brings even riskier heights of which to conquer. At some point, defeat is inevitable and along the way falling is not just expected, it is what has been practiced. While the gasping crowd looks on, the vaulter always falls towards safety.
We would do well to practice the right way to fall. To think a fall should never happen or could never happen may lead to responses that don’t bring true healing: denial, cover-up, discouragement. In contrast, knowing life will bring such times may lead us to practice falling -into the arms of Jesus, into conversations with helpful mature believers, into safe places where grace is found. When we fall this way, we can get back up and attempt new heights of our Christian walk over and over again.
“If we confess our sin, He is faithful and just to forgive us and cleanse us from all unrighteousness.” If here is a big if. God is willing and able to forgive and cleanse us…if. The transaction is dependent on our willingness to come to terms with the reality of our state. We will fall, but God will also safely restore us.
Lord, help us practice falling into you, for you Lord are faithful and just to forgive.
