Impurities - Let God Wash You
When I get bumps and blackheads on my face I look for natural remedies to clear my skin up such as honey or green tea. When I start to use these home remedies, before my face clears up the remedy actually brings the impurities out first before the skin on my face starts to look clear and radiant. It is the same way with the process of sanctification. When we start to see a problem like selfishness rear it's ugly head in our life then we ask God to take it away, sometimes before anything changes he shows us the root of the problem first and we start to see the impurities in our life that we need to repent of first before we can see God's radiant light begin to shine through in our life. A synonym for impurities is a contaminant. God doesn't want things like unforgiveness, covetousness, and vainglory to contaminate our life. He wants to clean away the impurities so that we can be fit for the Master's use (2 Timothy 2:21). So don't get discouraged when God starts showing you things that you didn't know were in your heart that He wants you to repent of and give to Him because the only way for you to molded into His image is if you allow God to clear away the impurities. John 15:2 says, "Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit." When we bear fruit, God continues to cut off things in our life that allows us to bring forth more fruit.
So stay encouraged, God is molding you into the image of His dear Son. When cleaning away the impurities, it may seem to get worse before it gets better, but it's all a a part of the sanctification process and for the glorious glory of God. Ephesians 5:26-27 reads, "That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word. That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish." So allow God to wash you and cleanse your from all impurities by His word!
~For whom he did foreknow, He also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the firstborn among many brethren.~ Romans 8:29
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