The point is, we need also to apprehend that God's Word, and this portion of God's Word, is for me as well. Here is a question: do you approach God's Word with the question, how have I sinned, and/or how have we sinned? When you open the Word of God is that one of the questions that you ask? As David said,
Michael VoytekSearch me O God, and know my heart, try me and know my anxious thoughts, and see if there be any wicked way in me.Do you pray that prayer? Lord, search me! As I read this passage, is there something that you are calling me to repent of? Is there wrong thinking on my part? Is there wrong affections? Is there any idols that I have made that replace you? An idol could be your spouse, your children. It could be [the desire to have things go your way.] That is usually the case, isn't it? Do you examine yourself in the light of the Word of God?1
1 Pendant qu'Esdras, pleurant et prosterné devant la maison de Dieu, faisait cette prière et cette confession, il s'était rassemblé auprès de lui une foule très nombreuse de gens d'Israël, hommes, femmes et enfants, et le peuple répandait d'abondantes larmes.