Clean Heart
Author: Mark A. Wallace (Suffolk, England)
As I woke up one morning and put on my glasses, I noticed they were quite dirty. The dirt had come from all the work I had done the day before: gardening and household cleaning. At the time the dirty film was building up on my glasses, I was not aware of it. Only now, twelve hours later, did I see it.
As I cleaned the glasses, I realised that this was a good reminder of the dirt of sin that we pick up throughout our lives day by day—by what we do or fail to do. Sometimes we do not realise our sin until we see it from a fresh perspective. Psalm 51 is a good example. King David has become aware, through the prophet Nathan, that he has sinned and needs forgiveness. Only God would be able to give David a ‘clean heart’.
I give thanks to God that, through Christ, we will be presented to him one day as people ‘without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless’ (Ephesians 5:27, NIV). Even though we sin and stumble, when we ask, God will clean us up every time!
Prayer: Dear Father God, we thank you that you clean us up, so that the sin in our lives does not prevent us from living a life that pleases you. Amen
