Reconciliation

'...to ask that you may be filled with the knowledge of His will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding, so that you may walk in a manner worth of the Lord, to please Him in all respects, bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God, strengthened with all power, according to His glorious might for the attaining of all steadfastness and patience, joyously giving thanks to the Father who has qualified us to share in the inheritance of the saints of light.' Colossians 1. 9-12

How can I please the Lord in all respects, to have spiritual wisdom and understanding, to bear fruit, to have steadfastness and patience, if I am not reconciled to God?

I was reconciled to Him at the time of my salvation, but daily I sin. Daily I st up barriers and road blocks that prevent me from being Christ-like. Each day I need to spend time before the throne, confessing my sins, and asking the Holy Spirit to make me aware through out the day of when I sin so that I can be johnny on the spot and confess then and there. Waiting for confession till the end of the day is like clocking in and out with a time card, allowing the sins to add up to make it worth the effort of confessing.

Letting sin build up make for a murky day. I can't see clearly, nor function as the Holy Spirit would like to direct.  My spiritual antennae can't pick up the right signals as the air is not clear. I realize during the busyness of the day I sometimes don't catch when I sin. But why wait till the end of the day? Why not make a conscious effort through out the day to stop and make confession, ask for forgiveness and make the path clear.

I need to continually be reconciled to the Lord so that I don't miss any opportunity to speak to another about the Lord, to minister to a hurting soul, to give encouragement to another.

Reconcile- to bring into agreement, or harmony; make compatible or consistent.
                 to reconsecrate.

'I urge you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present you bodies a living and holy sacrifice, acceptable to God, which is is your spiritual service of worship.

And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of you mind, that you may prove what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect. Romans 12.1,2

Confession really is good for the soul.