Confess

 

“Let the redeemed of the Lord say so…” (Ps. 107:2a, NKJV).

With these words, Holy Spirit is inviting you and me to use our mouths. He is urging us to verbalize the testimony of our redemption. Out loud, He wants us to “say so!” As the NIV renders it, “Let the redeemed of the Lord tell their story…”

There is something essential about involving our vocal apparatus in the exercise of our faith. “Saying so”takes our expression of praise and thanksgiving farther than simply making space for gratitude on the inside. In fact, we were created for verbal expression. Putting things into word and song is one of the breathtaking ways that we reflect God’s image. He likes expressing things so well that His very Son is called the Word of God (John 1:1).

For this reason, believing in Him is not all that He asks for. He instructs us to take it a step further and “declare with our mouths” that Jesus is Lord (Rom. 10:9). According to Romans, it’s the believing that gets us justified, but the declaring part is also essential for receiving His gift of salvation (v. 10).

I was thinking about this spiritual principle recently after a brother apologized to me. Prior to that, I had already forgiven him for the misdeed he had committed. My prechosen, silent forgiveness had brought a degree of healing. However, the opportunity for him to verbalize repentance and receive a spoken expression of forgiveness brought completion. It provided a significantly deeper degree of healing. Involving our mouths in this situation accessed relational restoration that nonverbal heart attitudes alone could not have produced.

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