Good morning, everyone, and welcome back to another morning's with the master's where we

devote ourselves to the Lord daily with you. Good morning, you guys. Good morning, indeed.

We're picking back back. Sorry, this is the second time we tried to intro this. I'm just

going to roll with it. We're picking back up with new morning works. So without further

due tourists, it's going to take you from here. Y'all fun fact before we did these on YouTube

and on video, I would always try to make Chad laugh during the intro. So I would be like making

funny faces and stuff and we don't do that anymore because y'all would be able to see me,

but that kind of just reminded me of it. Yes. Good little flashback. Anyways,

and devotional today says this, confession is a grace. Only grace can convince you to abandon

your righteousness and run to the merciful arms of the Lord. Confession is not natural for us.

It's natural for us to think of ourselves as more righteous than we are. It's natural to blame

our wrongs on others. It's natural to say our behavior was caused by some difficult circumstance

we were in. It's natural to exercise our inner lawyers and defend ourselves when confronted with

the sin, weakness, or failure. It's natural to turn the tables when being confronted and tell

our accusers that they are surely bigger sinners than we are. It's natural to see ourselves more

as law keepers than as lawbreakers. It's natural to point to our biblical literacy or theological

knowledge as proof of our spiritual maturity. It's natural to be more concerned about the sin of

others than our own. It's natural to be more critical of the attitudes and behavior of others

than our own. It's natural for you and me to be blind to the depth of our spiritual need.

Because this sturdy system of self-righteousness is natural for every sinner,

it is unnatural for us to be clear-sided, humble, self-examining, and ready to confess.

Blind eyes in a self-satisfied, self-congratulatory heart stand in the way of the broken heart of

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