Spiritual Depression
One things that is consistent in the Scriptures is that sin separates, it always separates. It separates you from your Creator and it separates you from other people. People will go to great lengths to hide their sin and justify their sin. Some will even deny that the wrong they commit is even sin (1 Jn 1:8). Too often as believers we sin and refuse to acknowledge that sin.
God will not leave His children a continual state of unrepentant sin. He will bring discipline in the life of the believer in order to bring about repentance and a restoration of fellowship (Heb 12:5-6). Instead of the joy that comes from the blessedness of forgiveness (32:1), David groaned as his vitality and joy disappeared (32:3-4). It is God that gives us vitality and joy; and He will remove these in order to bring about an acknowledgment of the sin in our lives. Our motivation and enjoyment of life decreases, our energy levels wane, we feel drained, and enter into spiritual depression (32:4). This is the sad state of those who refuse to confess their sin and repent. David says, God’s “hand was heaven against me.”
The remedy for this spiritual depression is to “acknowledge” your sin to God (32:5). Stop trying to hide and justify your lack of obedience and “confess” your transgressions to the LORD (32:5). Acknowledging and confessing is agreeing with God that what you have done is sin. The truly repentant believer is immediately forgiven by God and the guilt is taken away. David says confess your sin to God while He is prompting you (32:6), lest the time pass you by and you enter into His discipline (Ps 95:7).