Grace Makes Us Clean

Sometimes we do things, things we know aren’t right. It’s us giving into our flesh, and letting our spirit be weak, even just for a second. When we realize what we’ve done our first instinct, most likely, is to hide it. We don’t want to ruin our reputation. We don’t want to stain our clean slate. We don’t want to tarnish our names. So we put our weak moment to sleep and we continue, hoping that if we don’t nudge it or make any noise around it, it won’t wake up. The funny thing is, we forget in these moments that God has already told us the things done in the dark will come to light (Luke 8:17, Mark 4:22). So even when we tiptoe around our mistakes that we’re so ashamed of, God still let’s it arise and be heard, and not in the way we would’ve wanted it to come out. I was just reminded of this, this past week.

It’s understandable to be ashamed of a mistake that we’ve made. We don’t want to deal with the baggage that it comes with, but sometimes as Christians we’re so hard on ourselves and forget that we’re still human. As much as we strive to be Christlike, we’re still earthly beings, which means we’re going to mess up in some way. It’s normal. It happens. We can do our best to prevent it, but when it happens we still need to be kind to ourselves. 

It’s good to be open about the things we’ve done wrong. There’s power in admitting our wrongs. It’s how we get the help that we need. Once we’re transparent, God recognizes our honesty and sends us the help that we need to get back on track. This help can come in a form of prayers (if you know the strength in your one prayer, imagine the strength of multiple people’s prayers) or even people (to receive godly counsel). And once our lives turn around for the better, it allows us to be used as God wants us to be used. We then become walking testimonies of how God used a flawed human to fulfill his purpose. God does this often. Think of many people in the Bible: Noah had a drinking problem, Judah slept with his daughter-in-law, David’s lust led to someone’s death, Paul persecuted Christians before he encountered Jesus, and the list goes on. But the thing is, is that God still uses each and every one of them. And their names are still read and remembered today.

It’s time for us to accept our sin, ask God to forgive us, and begin to turn away from our old ways so we may move on to be fully used by God. 

God’s grace washes us and makes us clean again, ready to be used for His will.

-Much love, 

Kumam 💞