Stubborn Dirt and a Strong Shower

I was at a youth conference where we needed to raise some money for a camp scholarship fund. We challenged the kids to buy their counselor into this Friday night food fight. All of us leaders showed up on the field of battle with the campers. For starters, we got hosed down so everything would cling to us.

Round One was flour... followed by eggs... then fudge sauce--you get the idea? The last round was the worst--lard. From our hair to our toes, we were totally gross by the end of this massacre. I couldn't wait to get to a shower. I've never felt dirtier--but CLEAN has never felt better!

If you've ever felt real dirty, you know how much you enjoyed that shower that made you clean again. If only there was a shower that could make us clean on the inside - where we carry the guilt, and the regrets, and the dirt of the things we wish we'd never done - or the things we should have done and didn't. Unfortunately, there is no medication, no therapist, not even a religion that seems to be powerful enough to remove the dirt on our soul.

That's why our word for today from the Word of God is such good news. Acts 3:19, "Repent and turn to God so that your sins may be wiped out, that times of refreshing may come from the Lord." All the sins of your life can be wiped out . . . erased from God's records. God says you can be CLEAN . . . that you can have a new beginning. There's only one place where a spiritual shower is available - at Jesus' cross - the place where every sin of yours was paid for. You carry all the garbage of your life up that hill . . . you give yourself in total trust to the One who paid for your sin on that cross . . . and you leave your sin at that cross forever. God's promise: "Everyone who believes in Jesus receives forgiveness of sins through His Name," Acts 10:43. There is nothing you've done that is so bad that Jesus didn't pay for it on His cross.

If you've never trusted Jesus to be your own Savior from your own sin, would you tell Him you're doing that right now? Your sins will be erased - and you will never carry them again - or face them when you meet God. It is an incredible feeling to finally be clean.

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Today's Daily Wisdom is written by Ron Hutchcraft, based on his popular "A Word With You" broadcast (Available in transcripts or RealAudio format.) Ron Hutchcraft Ministries has been on-line with Gospelcom since February, 1996, providing practical answers to real life issues. Copyright Ron Hutchcraft Ministries, Inc.