“But now he has reconciled you by Christ’s physical death to present you holy in his sight, without blemish and free from accusation.” Colossians 1:22

I’ve got a problem, an issue, a job to do. I’ve got dust, dirt and stone in the bottom of my pool that must be removed. If all of it were on the pool DECK, I could easily sweep it up and throw it away. But it’s underwater! Stirring it up will only move it around and NOT RE-move it! I’ve got a dirty pool!

After the pavers went in and the pool pump broke, my next job is to un-dirty my dirty pool! I’ve got a filter for that. But getting clean, clear water requires the dirt be removed and sent THROUGH through that filter. It is going to require a special tool to get that debris from inside the pool to the filter. I am working on that contraption and have a couple ideas.

It takes water to clean water. The water I want cleaned must be picked up, moved, dirt REmoved and the clean water put back into the pool. In essence…it takes water, plus a tool, plus movement, to clean water! Which makes me think of a deadly serious something that is living inside ME. Something that, if NOT REMOVED…will eternally pollute my eternal life. It’s called sin!

To the world, sin isn’t a big deal. It’s everywhere and, much of the time, collecting it can even be fun! But God cannot tolerate even the slightest little bit of the stuff! Holy God will not cohabitate with dirty blooded me. Since TRYING to clean myself up only clouds the real issue, cleaning me up HAS to be done by HIM. That process is called ‘reconciliation.’ The tool He uses is the Cross. It takes blood to reconcile or cleanse blood!

It is not possible for me to throw the pump and filter into the pool and have it all be automatically cleaned. It takes MOVEMENT to get the water to and through the filter. That movement is something I have a part in. It’s called FAITH! God supplies all the expertise and tools, ‘I’ have the choice and responsibility to LET Him. That comes by my choosing to invite Him in and allow Him access to my blood pump…my heart!

Cleaning a pool takes tools and is a long drawn out process. Cleaning ME is impossible without God’s Blood. He’s got to start someplace, somehow and sometime! And He did! On Calvary, with His Son’s blood on a Cross, 2000 + years ago. I am SO grateful and honored to not only be cleaned, but made part of His Reconciling team!

What about YOU….how is YOUR heart looking??? Because I know a Guy!