Cleansing

Nehemiah 13:22 And I commanded the Levites that they should cleanse themselves, and that they should come and keep the gates, to sanctify the sabbath day. Remember me, O my God, concerning this also, and spare me according to the greatness of thy mercy.

We are commanded to be clean, to be separated …to be different. The word of God is God’s detergent, the water is the Holy Spirit … God’s soap is His chastening. We need these to be always clean before God until we see Him in glory. Nehemiah commanded …the people did not have a choice in the matter. The issues of separation are not debatable. The matters concerning His holiness should not be trifled with. Our cleansing should be continuous, constant … even when our deeds are right …our thoughts are often wrong and our motives much worse. God expects us to be without speck or wrinkle when He comes for us. How will that be when we do not regularly come under His cleansing.

Many do not like the chastening of God … some find the word of God too tedious … they eventually are left to cleanse in their own strength with their own means …only it does not work as they sink even deeper into more sinful mud. To remain watchful and vigilant in the things of God require God’s help … to break evil habits require the anointing of the Holy Spirit. Also to have a chance of partaking in God’s heritage we must expect His painful chastening – to help us make revolutionary but vital adjustments. God has given us His treasures of righteousness, but we must work it out with painstaking diligence.

Heb 12:5 And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him:

Heb 12:6 For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.

Heb 12:7 If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not?

Heb 12:8 But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons.

Verses for further meditation

Job 25:4; Mark 1:41

Thoughts for Business and the work place

Let God’s perfection in thought, word and deed be your goal.



Suggestions for Prayer

Lord, make me clean. Amen

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