Hosea 10:12 says that it is time to break up your fallow ground. “…till He comes and rains righteousness on you.” Our hidden sin blocks intimate communion with the Lord, which is His desire for us. 

I love Psalm 25:14 in the Amplified. It says, “The secret (of the sweet, satisfying companionship) of the Lord have they who fear (revere and worship) Him, and He will show them His covenant and reveal to them its (deep, inner) meaning.”

Proverbs 3:32 Amplified says that the perverse, those who oppose God’s way, are an abomination to Him. Yet, “…His confidential communion and secret counsel are with the (uncompromisingly) righteous (those who are upright and in right standing with Him).”

Our position in Christ is righteousness. Yet, when we hide sin in our heart, we block the benefits of His righteousness. Psalm 37:23 says that He delights in ordering our steps. We block that experience of His delight when we refuse to acknowledge our sin to Him.