It's TIme To Wash Some Dishes

My Utmost For His Highest

“Jesus entered Jerusalem triumphantly and the city was stirred to its very foundations, but a strange god was there– the pride of the Pharisees. It was a god that seemed religious and upright, but Jesus compared it to “whitewashed tombs which indeed appear beautiful outwardly, but inside are full of dead men’s bones and all uncleanness” (Matthew 23:27).[…] Do you have a strange god– not a disgusting monster but perhaps an unholy nature that controls your life? More than once God has brought me face to face with a strange god in my life, and I knew that I should have given it up, but I didn’t do it. I got through the crisis “by the skin of my teeth,” only to find myself still under the control of that strange god. I am blind to the very things that make for my own peace. It is a shocking thing that we can be in the exact place where the Spirit of God should be having His completely unhindered way with us, and yet we only make matters worse, increasing our blame in God’s eyes. […] Never be afraid when God brings back your past. Let your memory have its way with you. It is a minister of God bringing its rebuke and sorrow to you. God will turn what might have been into a wonderful lesson of growth for the future.” CHAMBERS

Jesus said it is not the outside of the cup that makes it unclean. Matthew 23:25-26 (CEV) “You Pharisees and teachers are show-offs, and you’re in for trouble! You wash the outside of your cups and dishes, while inside there is nothing but greed and selfishness. You blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of a cup, and then the outside will also be clean.”  People try to keep up appearances to impress other people, when they are struggling inside.  Christians give the appearance of holiness, but they carry around unconfessed sin that has a death grip on them.  The Spirit is not in control, their sin is.  How can this be?  We want to look good even when we are not.  We deceive ourselves.  God knows the secrets of the heart (Psalm 44:21). Examine your heart today. Don’t waste another minute living for something or someone, including yourself, rather than God.  And if the inside of your cup is clean, praise God! Be an encouragement to others by being the fragrance of Christ in this messed up culture and world. 2 Corinthians 2:15 (NASB) “For we are a fragrance of Christ to God among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing”  ELGIN

Bondye Beni Ou (God Bless You)