Swept Clean

Swept Clean – Have you ever had something that you loved and cared for, but it would not stay clean? You do everything you can to care for it, to protect it. But no matter what you do, it always gets dirty again. Before sending his Son into the world, that is how God saw mankind.  No matter what God did to teach us the right path, the easy road to keep us clean, we always chose the longer and harder path, the one that ensures we come out dirty, and covered in sin.  God’s desire is for his children to be swept clean and to remain clean. This is not easy; it is much easier to pretend we have been swept clean. Pretending only works on humans, it does not work on God. The more we allow the Spirit to clean us up, the easier it will be to live in Christ Jesus and receive from God. We are being swept clean and made holy, so we can enter God’s kingdom and have eternal life. Being swept clean is a lifelong journey, don’t make it harder than it needs to be. If we draw closer to God, he will draw closer to us.