Ephesians 5:13 (NKJV) 13 But all things that are exposed are made manifest by the light, for whatever makes manifest is light.
Light exposes dirt.
As I was cleaning up and putting things away this morning after eating my breakfast, I was wiping down the countertops and the stovetop. They looked pretty good when I was done.
And then I turned on the light over the stove. Suddenly it didn’t look quite so good! As soon as I turned the light on, I could see some crumbs that I had missed. Oops!
Suddenly that shiny stovetop looked a little less clean. Even though it had looked perfectly clean just a few seconds before, it now looked dirty. And it needed to be cleaned more thoroughly.
It is the same with sin. When we stand in a dark place, or a place with very little light, everything looks OK. But when the light of God shines on us, we suddenly feel less clean and the things that were hard to see are now easily seen!
The verse above says that when things are exposed to light, they are “made manifest”. That’s kind of a fancy way of saying that the light makes things visible or causes them to become known.
And this is why, when someone is backslidden, or when they are involved in things that aren’t pleasing to God, they tend to pull away and hide in the shadows. It makes the “dirt” less visible, to themselves and to others. Are we that someone? Are we hiding in the shadows?
Even though we may hide, God still sees the dirt. And we still know it’s there too. So it’s up to us to get back into the light and let God clean us up.
We might be ashamed of what we have done or of the dirt that’s on us. But God isn’t there to condemn us or point an accusing finger at us. He just wants us to make things right and move on.
God is a clean-up specialist!
So let’s move into the light. Let’s let Him clean us up and bring us back to where we belong.
1 John 1:7 (NKJV) 7 But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin.
Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie
Seven Seas Ministries
P.O. Box 272
Bradford, RI 02808
401-315-0902
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