Are you clean?

Have you ever been so filthy that your entire body is covered with dirt? I am a father of three boys. My youngest (Andres) is 4 years old and my oldest (Matias) is 13 years old. Benjamin, who is in the middle is 7 years old. If you have boys then you know they love getting dirty. They run around outside in the mud and dirt, and in no time at all they are totally covered in filth. When they come inside the house in this condition I tell them they have to take a bath or a shower. I want them to be clean. Imagine if I let them run around the house without being clean. The dirt on them would be passed on to me, the furniture, the floor, and all over the house. Dirt has a way of sticking and spreading all over. Our Heavenly Father also dislikes dirt (spiritual dirt). Sin is like spiritual dirt it has a way of spreading and contaminating everything it touches. The dirt of pride, anger, lust, greed, can affect us and others if we resist the cleansing power of Jesus. The dirt of any secrete sin makes us filthy if we play around in the mud of things like adultery, pornography, stealing, and pride. God tells us take a shower! In other words, repent. Turn away from the dirty stuff and turn towards the cleansing hands of Jesus. Praise the Lord!!!! The cleansing power of his blood that was shed for you and me. The blood that can make us whiter than snow. This not an external cleaning, but rather an internal cleaning were he totally changes us into a new person like Christ daily. Daily we need his cleansing stream to wash over us. Getting back to my kids, one of the hardest parts of the body to clean is their feet. Dirt has a sneaky way of getting in between their toes and underneath their toenails. Also, feet are generally more exposed to dirt because of the consistent contact this part of ones body makes with the ground. In the same way there may be parts in our life that seem to be too dirty for cleaning. Let me encourage you by stating the truth that nothing is to difficult for the Living God!!!! No area of your life or my life is out of His reach. The only thing that can hinder His cleansing power is our unbelief. Do you believe he can cleanse you? If you do, submit to Him. Repent and turn your life over to Him totally. In John 13:5 Scripture states that Jesus "poured water into a basin and began to wash the disciples feet and to whip them with the towel that was tied around him (NRSV)." He still desires to clean us in the same way today. He still desires to cleanse us from our most filthy sin. Will we let Him? Will you let him?