This new year I pray for more of Christ in my life and less of me. Last night I was rinsing out the coffee pot and I poured out a cup's worth or so of dirty water into a bowl that was in the sink. As I let the water from the faucet run to rinse out the pot I noticed that the same amount of clean water added to the dirty water did not make it clean. It takes a lot more clean water to purify a dirty vessel than it takes of dirty water to pollute a clean vessel.
Our hearts are vessels that we fill daily. We allow sin into our hearts every day, and our hearts become filled with filth.
Galatians 5:9 teaches us that a little leaven spoils the whole lump. For every spec of sin that enters into our hearts, we must pour in volumes and volumes of Christ's Word and teachings to purge it from our souls.
By my own power, I can do nothing to keep sin from entering into my heart. But with the indwelling of the Holy Spirit I can restore my heart to the clean vessel it was intended to be. A heart that is full of love, peace and understanding. If I can keep my heart full of these things, there remains less room for sin to enter. I must quench my thirsty soul with Christ at every opportunity I get. I want my heart to not only be filled with His living water, but to overflow.
"Create in me a clean heart O God, and renew a right spirit within me." (Psalm 51:10)
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