I started to memorize Psalm 32. As I worked through verse 3 my mind went back to David’s prayer in Psalm 51. His bones were affected by his unconfessed sin. Read verse 3 carefully and think of your own life. It says, “When I kept silent, my bones grew old through my groaning all the day long.”

How healthy are your bones? Here is a verse from a new song called “Rejoicing Bones.” When I thought about my circumstances I became gloomy inside. My heart was getting heavy and my peace destroyed. Then in Your Word You revealed the secret of health. My bones are affected when my heart is in despair.

Verse 4 was the fruit of his unconfessed sin. It says, “For day and night Your hand was heavy upon me; my vitality was turned into the drought of summer.” Dry. Barren. No fruit of the Spirit. Hidden sin that we don’t want to face blocks our vitality.