I must confess...

I've had to tell people some hard things this week.
Not hard for them to hear, but hard for me to make my mouth say.
Difficult for My heart to allow (because of Pride and Fear).
I'll get back to this later in this post...

I think often of myself as a vessel.  or...maybe a fridgerator is a better example.
And all the little hang-ups and hurts that are absorbed in normal life pile up like garish magnets and clips on the fridge door.  I really feel, and experience that confession wipes those things off.
It's really simple I suppose.  No mind-boggling christian-ish revelation here. lol.  But maybe we mistake simplicity for weakness...

All that to say, my point is simple: It is my growing personal belief that

 CONFESSION is the primary means of initiating holiness,

righteousness, godliness, and other 'ness's.

I am further persuaded that the power of confession (and to the next degree, repentance) is largely untapped in the lives of God-seeking Christians today.  Often times Confession and Repentance seem to just be meer steping-stones to the 'other stuff' of Christianity.  I believe that confession is so powerful and effective, that it is to be the backbone of a separated, spiritual lifestyle, in the midst of a carnal, physical world.  Confession is intimated linked to the power and the righteousness of Christ. Exhibit A:

James 5:15

Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective.

Confession and power are associated in the same verse.  I don't know, something to think about...

Let me further elaborate. Those little things that pile up are, furthermore, like weeds. If you don't remove the root, or if you ignore the growing issue, sooner than you could have imagined...it overwhelms the scenery.

And confession can be the hand-trowel, or the bulldozer (depending on the strength of your weed problem) you need to redecorate...so-to-speak. Breaking from the worldly parellels, I believe Confession, like much of our God-given activities has far-reaching consequences outside of just the life of the confessor.
Exhibit B:

Daniel 9:20-21
While I was speaking and praying, confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel and making my request to the LORD my God for his holy hill-

While I was still in prayer, Gabriel, the man I had seen in the earlier vision, came to me in swift flight about the time of the evening sacrifice.

Think about the link between confession and the visitation (and really all that followed).
My personal confessions have largely been in relation to bitterness. 

Bitterness is all about holding on.  Confession is all about letting go. 

How much are we holding onto that keeps us from walking in the freedom and power God desires to give us?

I'm going to hack the post off here, and end in simply stating:
I think power of confession is largely overlooked.