It had not been a good year for David. To the casual observer, it may have seemed like business as usual, but David s unconfessed sin had begun to fester. Deep within his heart, that sin worked its way out in obscure ways. Gone was the joy that had marked him since childhood. In its place was a deadness of heart and a heaviness that grew as hard as the stone walls he now hid behind.
Sin is tricky.
But in his heart he knew that in order for it to happen, he had heaped sin upon sin. When you truly know the Lord, you will not be happy living in sin. It s an indication that you are His child, and is also an indication that you need to repent. David experienced a miserable year of guilt and unconfessed sin. He writes of that year, When I refused to confess my sin, I was weak and miserable, and I groaned all day long.