The Anatomy of Guilt and Iniquity

Guilt causes us to flee from God, fear His presence, cover, deny, accuse, make excuses, and shift the blame. But God in His goodness pursues sinners and calls out to each one of us, "where are you?" This is God's gracious call to the sinner to step out into the light, to confess, to acknowledge, to come clean, rather than fleeing, denying, blame-shifting. For the path to forgiveness and reconciliation always travels through confession.