Oct. 30
THOROUGH CLEANSING
"Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean:
from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you"
Ezek. 36:25
What an exceeding joy is this! He who has purified us with the
blood of Jesus will also cleanse us by the water of the Holy Spirit.
God hath said it, and so it must be, "Ye shall be clean." Lord, we
feel and mourn our uncleanness, and it is cheering to be assured by
thine own mouth that we shall be clean. Oh, that thou wouldst make a
speedy work of it!
He will deliver us from our worst sins. The uprisings of unbelief,
and the deceitful lusts which war against the soul, the vile thoughts
of pride, and the suggestions of Satan to blaspheme the sacred name --
all these shall be so purged away as never to return.
He will also cleanse us from all our idols, whether of gold or of
clay: our impure loves, and our excessive love of that which in itself
is pure. That which we have idolized shall either be broken from us,
or we shall be broken off from it.
It is God who speaks of what He Himself will do. Therefore is this
word established and sure, and we may boldly look for that which it
guarantees to us. Cleansing is a covenant blessing, and the covenant
is ordered in all things and sure.