Things get dirty. You leave the house for any amount of time and once clean shoes become coated in filth; clothes become contaminated with grit, grease, and grime. Even in our homes, dirt is everywhere. Don't believe me? Move a lamp that has set on a table a day or two without being dusted or run your finger across the top of a door facing. Our world is filled with dirt that requires that we clean constantly. I know that this is not news to anyone; it is the world in which we live. This dirt is not just a cosmetic issue either it is a health issue. Bacteria and viruses lurk everywhere threatening to make us sick. We have been reminded of this fact over the past several months with all the news of the H1N1 virus. So we wash, we clean, we use hand sanitizer, we do whatever is necessary to stay clean and healthy.
The same can be said about our spiritual life. We get dirty. We live in a world contaminated with sin and this sin is even in our homes. Don't believe me? Turn your television on, listen to the songs on your radio, surf the internet, sin is everywhere. No matter how hard we try to stay clean, inevitably something sticks. Fortunately, God has provided us something much better than soap and water, something far more effective than hand sanitizer to clean off the sin that contaminates our lives.
"But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all sin. If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness." 1 John 1:7-9
Let's all be as diligent washing our souls as we are at washing our hands.
Mitchell
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