April 2

Cleanse Me

"Cleanse me with hyssop, and I will be clean; wash me, and I will be whiter than snow." Psalm 51:7

How blest we are to know that Jesus' blood has cleansed us from all of our sins! He pulled us up from the mire of sin and washed away all the things in our lives that made us filthy in God's sight. Hyssop is a plant mentioned in the Bible as the source of twigs used for sprinkling the blood of the Passover lamb on the doorposts of the Hebrews' homes. What a beautiful picture for us of the value of the blood of Christ! His blood cleansed us and saved us just as the blood of the Passover lamb saved the Israelites from the angel of death. The psalmist uses another illustration to show us what Jesus' blood can do in our lives. Have you ever looked out your window on a snowy winter day and marveled at how beautiful it looks? The dirty streets and sidewalks are covered in a blanket of clean white snow. This is what Jesus Christ has done for us. He has covered us and washed us and not only are we as white as snow, but the psalmist states that we are "whiter than snow." How blessed we are that we need not go through elaborate rituals to be cleansed from our sins, as did the Israelites of old. We need only call upon the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, asking for the cleansing that comes from his blood shed so freely for us, and we can know with assurance that our sins are forgiven. We have been cleansed; let us rejoice in that reality!

Thank You, Father, for the blood of Jesus that has cleansed us from all our sins. Thank You for making us clean as snow. We thank You, Father, that You provided Your Son as a sacrifice for us. It cost You much and yet You gave him freely. Jesus, we thank you for your love that reached out both arms for a dying world and, in doing so, found yourself nailed to a cross. Without you we would be lost. We thank you for that sacrifice that makes us clean and white. Amen