Isaiah 1:18
“Come now, let us settle the matter,” says the Lord. “Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red as crimson, they shall be like wool.”
Have you ever left a red shirt or a red sock in your load of white laundry? When the load is done running, you’re left with a bunch of pink shirts, socks, and underwear! No amount of bleaching after the fact will remove the evidence of your mistake. Sin is a lot like that. When we sin, it doesn’t just affect us. It affects everything around us. Everything we touch becomes tainted by the consequences of our sin. Like that red sock in the white wash, we leave everything pink.
But God doesn’t want us living “pink” lives. He wants us clean and pure. He wants us bright white. So when God promises to wash away our sins, he means completely. And unlike that red sock in the load of white laundry, no evidence of our sin will remain. When God washes us clean, He removes all traces of our sin. There’s no more evidence that it ever took place!
God doesn’t remove the consequences from our sin. We may still have to live through those, but He does remove the stain that it caused on our lives. The more we allow God to constantly wash us and change us, the whiter we become and the less we tolerate sin in our lives. The less we tolerate sin in our own lives….the less our sin has the chance to damage others. It’s the blood of Jesus that washes us as white as snow. It’s the work of the Holy Spirit that can help keep us this way! So let God take care of your “dirty laundry”. If you do, you’ll see evidence that His divine stain removing, atoning blood will wash away any trace of the stain sin left on your life.
Father, I thank you that you make all things new. I thank you that through your atoning sacrifice on the cross, I can have all the effects of my sin washed away. I no longer have to try to clean myself up and live a “pink” life. I can never do a good enough job cleaning myself up. I need you, Father. I need your cleansing to remove the stains sin has left on me. Thank you, Father, that you are more than willing to continually cleanse me from sin and that your Holy Spirit is available within me to keep me from continuing in my sin. In Jesus’ name, Amen.
A Beautiful Mess 