Spring Clean

It's a beautiful Sunday afternoon and we are just sitting and relaxing. We usually try to do that on Sunday's. God's plan of a rest day was a wonderful idea.

As I'm sitting here though I can see all the things I need to clean. I am planning on doing some Spring cleaning this week, so I am making a mental list. Windows, furniture, carpet, wood trim, floors, cabinets and of course closets.

Winter is finally over and it is time to bring the clean and fresh back to the house. The sad thing is though, is that nothing ever stays clean and fresh. Everything will need to be cleaned and organized again. It's a never ending cycle. But for those few days everything just feels so good!

Isn't it wonderful that we as Christians don't have to worry about the cleaning cycle.

Romans 4:6-7 The Message (MSG)

David confirms this way of looking at it, saying that the one who trusts God to do the putting-everything-right without insisting on having a say in it is one fortunate man: Fortunate those whose crimes are carted off, whose sins are wiped clean from the slate. Fortunate the person against whom the Lord does not keep score.

Did you read it? If we let God clean us up we don't have to be Spring cleaned again. We stay fresh and clean in God's eyes. As a matter of fact God forgets that He even had to do any cleaning.

Some people think they have to keep coming back to be cleaned. They feel like they are too dirty to come before the Father. The sad thing about this is they miss so much time that they could have had in fellowship with Him. If they just remember the words from Christ in John they would not have to worry....

John 10:28-30 The Message (MSG)

Jesus answered, “I told you, but you don’t believe. Everything I have done has been authorized by my Father, actions that speak louder than words. You don’t believe because you’re not my sheep. My sheep recognize my voice. I know them, and they follow me. I give them real and eternal life. They are protected from the Destroyer for good. No one can steal them from out of my hand. The Father who put them under my care is so much greater than the Destroyer and Thief. No one could ever get them away from him. I and the Father are one heart and mind.”

Remember whose hand you are in. Remember who keeps you from cycling back to the dirty life of sin. Remember who keeps you Spring Clean! 

Isn't it a wonderfully fresh feeling? 

Blessings!