We do not know ourselves nearly as well as we think we do. Who we are and what we have become is always unfolding to us, like the turning of the pages of a book. We have faults rooted in our DNA. We have faults that were engrained in us by imperfect families and a fallen culture. Most of these are rooted in choices that we never thought about at the time. Being unintentional and not willful does not exempt these faults from needing the atoning work of Christ. We need to confess them as we discover them. We all need to pray to our Intercessor, “Forgive my hidden faults.”
“Who can discern his errors? Forgive my hidden faults. Keep your servant also from willful sins; may they not rule over me. Then will I be blameless, innocent of great transgression. May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing in your sight, O LORD, my Rock and my Redeemer.” Psalms 19:12-14 (NIV)
