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We use water to clean everything: body, food, home, wounds, and we do it without thinking. It is so routine we barely notice because something in us desires it. Soap has a dual nature; one side draws water, the other draws grease, and together they carry away the stain. We wash our hands multiple times a day, bubble suds through our fingers are some of our youngest memories. Sure, it’s sanitation and preparation for our meals, but it’s also an assurance. Cleansing is more than a habit; it’s a question. Are we ready?
Total Purification — “Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.” (Psalm 51:7 ESV) Where do you most need to be washed clean?
Baptismal Cleansing — “And now why do you wait? Rise and be baptized and wash away your sins, calling on his name.” (Acts 22:16 ESV) How have you experienced a washing away of your past?
Spiritual Move: Contemplative Prayer — This is the practice of sitting with a need in God’s presence, releasing the burden of words and outcomes, trusting the Spirit to intercede when words are not enough. Bring what you cannot articulate and simply stay. “The Lord your God is in your midst, a mighty one who will save; he will rejoice over you with gladness; he will quiet you by his love.” (Zephaniah 3:17 ESV)