Ezra was a holy man of God, but he included himself in the prayer of confession. It was not the sins of others alone that he confessed but “our iniquities” and “our trespass.” No one can be right with God without seeing the sinfulness of his own heart. Revival is not sinners getting saved—it is God’s people getting right. “For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God” (1 Peter 4:17a).
