Scrubbing Bubbles

My wife, Mary Anne, loves to clean. One of her favorite cleaning solutions is Scrubbing Bubble. You can spray it on all kinds of surfaces and it will clean it. I love the commercials for Scrubbing Bubbles. The bubbles scrub and everything goes down the drain. It is gone! Disappears!! Sometimes I think it would be great if there were something we could drink that would cleanse us. More about that later. Today, by some people’s calculations, would be the day that Jesus cleansed the temple (Luke 19:45-46). As we approach Easter Sunday, let each of us have a day of cleansing – spring cleaning. What is it in your life that competes for your total commitment to Christ? The temple had people that were religious in nature but had lost sight of the purpose of the temple. Paul writes, “Do you not know that you are God's temple and that God's Spirit dwells in you? If anyone destroys God's temple, God will destroy him. For God's temple is holy, and you are that temple” (1 Cor 3:16-17). We as the Body of Christ are His temple. It is you and I. We are a holy place. We are where the Spirit of God dwells What is it in your life that makes you like the robbers in Luke 19? Let us take time today to pray and seek God to show us what it is in our life that is messing up our spiritual life in Christ. “Since we have these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from every defilement of body and spirit, bringing holiness to completion in the fear of God” (2 Cor 7:1). So is there is something we can use as our Scrubbing Bubbles? Yes, John gives us clear direction how to cleanse ourselves. “If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. If we say we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us (1 John 1:9-10). Today, “bring holiness to completion in the fear of God”.