I saw a cartoon that pictured two men in a jail cell together. One man said to the other, “In my case, what happened in Vegas didn’t stay in Vegas!”

Your sins will eventually catch up with you. That’s what a burglar in Hickory, North Carolina found out. He thought he had successfully robbed a seafood restaurant. However, the criminal didn’t realize that the two cash registers he stole had spools of paper that had snagged on something in the restaurant. He left a perfect trail for the police to follow to his apartment just down the street.

David realized that you can’t get away with your sin. He wrote, “When I kept silent, my bones wasted away through my groaning all day long. For day and night your hand was heavy upon me; my strength was sapped as in the heat of summer. Then I acknowledged my sin to you and did not cover up my iniquity. I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the Lord”—and you forgave the guilt of my sin.” (Psalm 32:3-5).

If we want forgiveness from God, we had better be willing to confess our sins.