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.
Then I acknowledged my sin to you and did not cover up my iniquity.
I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the Lord.”
And you forgave the guilt of my sin. Psalm 32:3-5

King David is acknowledging the work of the Holy Spirit in his life, as he wrestles with him before confessing sin. David agonized over his sin and the subsequent confession of it.

We don’t know the extent to David’s internal conflicts but they probably weren’t much different than ours. Sure, he was royalty but he faced similar temptations and desires that we have. And like David, we also have a 1001 ways to conceal, justify, and gloss over our sin.

The key element in this is that the Holy Spirit was still convicting David. When we get to a point that we no longer feel the convicting power of the Holy Spirit in our lives, it’s high time to examine our walk with Christ. The fact that he still convicts is a sign of his continued love for us, which in itself awesome.

Keeping our “accounts short” is perhaps the least stressful way of handling sin and the confession of it. He knows our sin anyhow, so why try to hide it?

It really is a good thing if you are being bothered by your conscience over things you’ve said and done.