But the beautiful thing about David and the Psalms is that they expose all the parts of the human life. And Psalms 32 is a perfect example of it.
A Psalm of David. A Maskil. How blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, Whose sin is covered! How blessed is the man to whom the LORD does not impute iniquity, And in whose spirit there is no deceit! When I kept silent about my sin, my body wasted away Through my groaning all day long. For day and night Your hand was heavy upon me; My vitality was drained away as with the fever heat of summer. Selah. I acknowledged my sin to You, And my iniquity I did not hide; I said, "I will confess my transgressions to the LORD"; And You forgave the guilt of my sin. Selah. Therefore, let everyone who is godly pray to You in a time when You may be found; Surely in a flood of great waters they will not reach him. You are my hiding place; You preserve me from trouble; You surround me with songs of deliverance. Selah. I will instruct you and teach you in the way which you should go; I will counsel you with My eye upon you. Do not be as the horse or as the mule which have no understanding, Whose trappings include bit and bridle to hold them in check, Otherwise they will not come near to you. Many are the sorrows of the wicked, But he who trusts in the LORD, lovingkindness shall surround him. Be glad in the LORD and rejoice, you righteous ones; And shout for joy, all you who are upright in heart. - Psa 32:1-11 NASB
For many of us, our sin drives us away from God. But David, unlike others, does not hide from his sin. And when he found sin in his life, instead of fleeing from God, he ran to God in prayer.
David's sin was great, but he knew that God's grace was greater. When he kept in his sin, it caught up to him physically. Sin affects us mentally and physically, and spiritually as well.
Sin, when not confessed is a hindrance to prayer
David's prayer then created in him a desire to pray more. Spending time in conversation with God created in David a hunger for more prayer. When we realize who God is, and the chance we have to pray to him, we want to do it more and more.
There's nothing that will press the soul more to seek after God, and to cry for pardon, than to understand the willingness in the heart of God to save sinners. - John Bunyan
