Who can say, “I have made my heart pure; I am clean from my sin”? Proverbs 20:9 – Anyone who can raise their hand and declare this verse is speaking of them is sorely mistaken. Our proverbs speaks of someone who is able to say they themselves have purified their heart, and they themselves have cleaned them up from their sinfulness. What a proud posture to take and what a foolish posture to have as well. We ourselves are never able to purify and clean ourselves up. Scripture is clear that outside of a relationship with the Lord, mankind is sinful, depraved, and unable to reach the holiness God is calling us to. If we ever wanted our story to be different than that, we must have another set of hands in our life doing the cleaning up of our life. Yes, that is humbling, and yes, that may be frustrating even to some. Yet when we finally come to accept this truth and embrace the holy hands of Jesus in our life, there we can find new life. Jesus can make our heart pure and Jesus can clean us up from our sin. Jesus makes us a new creation and causes the old us to pass away. Jesus is the one that makes us holy in God’s eyes. Settle today in the truth that alone we could never achieve such holiness, but embrace that truth that Jesus is here and not only is able to make us pure, He longs to do so. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 2928
Question To Ponder: What might your life look like right now if Jesus had never done any cleaning up in your life?
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