Divine Help to Overcome Faults

UV 4210/10000 Divine Help to Overcome Faults Who can understand his errors or omissions? Acquit me of hidden ( unconscious, unintended) faults. Psalm 19 v 12 The rhetorical question in the uni-verse, “Who can understand..?” is answered by the response- only the Lord can understand our hidden flaws and weaknesses. While we must avoid willful or deliberate sins, the Holy Spirit can make us aware of our hidden sins that cast a shadow on us. Of course, by the grace of Christ we are absolved of all sin, both the obvious or blatant ones known to us and others as well as the secret or unconscious ones. But, under the Holy Spirit, we must examine or scan our lives and hearts daily to have ourselves purged or cleansed every single day of both sins of commission and omission so that we are presented blemishless, washed, cleansed by the blood of the Lamb who was sacrificed for us. If we do not do so, the sacrifice of Jesus was in vain and of no gain to us. Spiritual examination or introspection with the help and under the gaze of the Holy Spirit is to be thorough and done daily if we are to free ourselves of both conscious and unconscious sins and weaknesses. The word of God is also a mirror in which we can see ourselves, our inner being and also find the remedies for the faults we see in us. Like we physically take a bath every day to clean our bodies and then look in the mirror to groom ourselves to look our best, we need to confess our sins daily, wash ourselves in the shed blood of Jesus and look intently in the mirror to see if any traces of the sin remain in us. Just as we take a stock of our strengths and positive qualities, we should not hesitate to take stock of our weaknesses, faults, failures and share it with the Lord, seeking His help and grace to overcome these. Just as a manufacturer only can correct the defects in a car, He alone can fully correct the defects that we and others see as also the defects that only He knows and sees. We must willingly and regularly submit ourselves to this process of sanctification if we truly value the salvation that we can obtain only by grace and faith. We can create space in us for the fruit of the Spirit to take the place of our faults and weaknesses. To err is human but to overcome it we need divine help.