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Today I cleaned out the bathtub and I remembered one of the first revelations I had of Jesus Christ, which came to me while I was cleaning out the bathtub in my old apartment.
I had my own apartment and some way there ended up being a bunch of people who, ''had'' to come and live with us. It was a frustrating time for me, but the Lord would teach me so many things during that very short time.
The issue was that people would take a bath but they wouldn't clean it when they got out. I had to clean it every time. After a while I got upset and left a letter that they need to clean up after themselves when they take a bath. Well, this made them angry I am sure. No matter how pleasant I tried to make it, which I didn't try to make it pleasant, it ended up on the ground.
So, I decided not to wash it anymore, neither did I take a bath in it, for maybe a week. And then someone washes it once, certainly questioning my cleanliness and later on they get angry because I don't clean up. Big mess!!! Anyhow, it got filthier and filthier until people just stopped taking baths in it at all, even going to other people's houses (hmm) to take a bath. They were repelled by their own filth.
One day I just got angry and started washing that tub. I got so angry that I was convicted right there on the ground on my knees scrubbing that impossible filth. WHO KNOWS WHAT THEY DO WHEN NO ONE IS AROUND!!!
But I was convicted and then a revelation of Jesus Christ.
You see, we did the same things. We would get ourselves filthy and take a bath and leave our filth there and wait for someone else to clean it up, which no one else would (they just added to the filth). And so our filth and their filth added up. But Jesus Christ who saw this mess came in, NOT HAVING TO DO IT, but he came in and got on his knees humbly and took out his brush and washing agent, and cleaned up after us, getting our filth on him, because we could not, neither would we clean up after our own mess.
And not only once, even after he cleaned us, when we were entangled in sin again, he came and cleansed us again. He did it without strife and bitterness. And I understood this. If Jesus cleaned up my mess, it is my reasonable duty to do the same. It is my reasonable service to take on the filth of my fellow brother even at the cost of my life.
Is it Jesus who is impure? Or is it YOU? Just because your life is a mess doesn't mean that God is evil. People are evil, and God has ALWAYS had to clean up after us. So is life terrible, or have YOU made your life terrible by engaging in sin, which leads to death?
If a saint slips get back in that tub and bathe in the blood of Jesus. He will wash you and clean you up, whereas even though you may not see the dirt, he can see it. May Jesus bless and keep you.
I had my own apartment and some way there ended up being a bunch of people who, ''had'' to come and live with us. It was a frustrating time for me, but the Lord would teach me so many things during that very short time.
The issue was that people would take a bath but they wouldn't clean it when they got out. I had to clean it every time. After a while I got upset and left a letter that they need to clean up after themselves when they take a bath. Well, this made them angry I am sure. No matter how pleasant I tried to make it, which I didn't try to make it pleasant, it ended up on the ground.
So, I decided not to wash it anymore, neither did I take a bath in it, for maybe a week. And then someone washes it once, certainly questioning my cleanliness and later on they get angry because I don't clean up. Big mess!!! Anyhow, it got filthier and filthier until people just stopped taking baths in it at all, even going to other people's houses (hmm) to take a bath. They were repelled by their own filth.
One day I just got angry and started washing that tub. I got so angry that I was convicted right there on the ground on my knees scrubbing that impossible filth. WHO KNOWS WHAT THEY DO WHEN NO ONE IS AROUND!!!
But I was convicted and then a revelation of Jesus Christ.
You see, we did the same things. We would get ourselves filthy and take a bath and leave our filth there and wait for someone else to clean it up, which no one else would (they just added to the filth). And so our filth and their filth added up. But Jesus Christ who saw this mess came in, NOT HAVING TO DO IT, but he came in and got on his knees humbly and took out his brush and washing agent, and cleaned up after us, getting our filth on him, because we could not, neither would we clean up after our own mess.
And not only once, even after he cleaned us, when we were entangled in sin again, he came and cleansed us again. He did it without strife and bitterness. And I understood this. If Jesus cleaned up my mess, it is my reasonable duty to do the same. It is my reasonable service to take on the filth of my fellow brother even at the cost of my life.
Is it Jesus who is impure? Or is it YOU? Just because your life is a mess doesn't mean that God is evil. People are evil, and God has ALWAYS had to clean up after us. So is life terrible, or have YOU made your life terrible by engaging in sin, which leads to death?
If a saint slips get back in that tub and bathe in the blood of Jesus. He will wash you and clean you up, whereas even though you may not see the dirt, he can see it. May Jesus bless and keep you.
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it is always nice to watch the zeal of a new believer learning more about our Lord and Savior. : ) have fun and stay blessed.