I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean;
I will cleanse you from all your impurities and from all your idols. I will
give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove your heart of
stone and give you a heart of flesh. And I will put my Spirit in you and move
you to follow my decrees and be careful to keep my laws. Ezek.
36.25.27
This is God’s undertaking to His recalcitrant people,
Israel. It is also the promise that the believer can take hold of in receiving
Jesus as Saviour and accepting Him as Lord.
God can do the
impossible. What is simply too much in human eyes is clearly possible with God.
I take hold of the first phrase of this text. I see myself
being sprinkled with clean water. The image, right now, is quite strong. I see
myself in my sinful state. My appearance is grubby, I am tarnished. But God
looks down on me from His heavenly oversight. His expression is forgiving, and
willing – oh so willing! Yes, that’s it! He wants me to be clean. He Himself will undertake my cleansing.
And isn’t this the story of Easter? God wants us all to be
clean. The agent of cleansing is the sacrificial blood of Jesus, which overcame
sin.
Now the picture changes for me. I see myself kneeling
beneath the cross of my Saviour. I am being “sprinkled”, but it is with the
blood of Jesus and not with clean water. And the result is incredible. My sins
and grubbiness simply vanish. They are gone the moment His blood touches me.
O, precious, precious
Jesus,
Thank You for the
amazing gift of life You have given me. In You I am clean. My sin is gone. I am
no longer tarnished but, rather, I am released in amazing cleanness, and filled
with love, grace, mercy and blessing.
I ask You to take the
clean me forward. Enable and allow me to be Your witness today. May I be a true
and effective witness. Let me show people, clearly, the wonder of cleansing and
cleanness that comes from You.
Hallelujah! I praise
Your wonderful name. Amen.
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