“Once you were alienated from God and were enemies in your minds because of your evil behavior. But now he has reconciled you by Christ’s physical body through death to present you holy in his sight, without blemish and free from accusation…” Colossians 1:21-22

I’m calling him ‘Jesus II!’ The diagnosis from Ryan, our Jesus Plumber, was that the Church’s septic tank was full and needed to be pumped out. It hadn’t been in the 43 years it existed! Calling Ryan’s recommended company, I was greeted 2 hours later by ‘a guy’ in a BIG pump truck. I like getting to know people, and what I discovered by talking to him made him MORE than an acquaintance.

His name was Vince and yes, he confirmed, he was a ‘Jesus Guy.’ So immediately we discovered we were brothers. As he dug around to find the cover to the tank, I went inside to do MY job. When I came back out to check on him, I couldn’t resist a picture of what I found. There Vince was, bare handed and elbow deep in poo juice, ripping out roots that clogged our septic system. WOW!

Talk about DEDICATION? He had been poking around while I was inside, then told me I had a problem. I NEVER would have expected him to take it so personally, but there he was, without being asked, digging around and getting his hands stinky dirty to fix what was stopping up the overflow poo juice to a drain-field that wasn’t HIS! One need not be a deep thinker to see the metaphor!

The sin in my life, which started from birth, had collected for years! Little did I know I was storing up wrath for myself, incident by incident, with NO hope of repair. As life got even messier, I got more stinky! Like a septic tank, there was NO way for me to clean myself out! I needed a savior! Enter Jesus. I didn’t ASK Him, and He didn’t bargain or try to convince me. He just jumped in and did it!

I remember the shock and unbelievable feeling when I realized that ‘perfectly clean God’ laid covered, disgustingly putrefied, by my own personal sin. I could not resist His Grace… the image remains in my head to this day. Jesus died for ME! How could I not receive His utterly indescribable gift? Now, I have another friend. One who loves Jesus and is willing to do what it takes for a brother!

Do YOU know the Savior? Are YOU dedicated to Jesus’ goal to eradicate the poo from the world and willing to jump in to serve Him… no matter HOW nasty the need?