This morning I took my son Tyler with me to get the truck washed. As we were wiping the truck down to dry it, our conversation went like this:
Tyler: "Dad, why do we clean the tires?"
Brad: "We clean them because we want people to see them looking good."
Tyler: "What about that tire that is under the truck."
Brad: "Well, we're going to just leave that one dirty."
Tyler: "Why don't we clean that one?"
Brad: "Well, because nobody sees that tire."
Tyler: "Well I do."
That little statement got me thinking:
I wonder if a conversation with God concerning the "hidden" sins in our life would sound similar to this conversation with my son.
God: "Why do you clean up on the outside?"
Us: "Because we want people to see us looking good."
God: "Well, why don't you clean up the inside?"
Us: "Well, we're going to leave that alone because nobody can see that."
God: "I do."
Most of us are really good at cleaning up the visible areas of our life so that we look good to other people, but why do we refuse to clean the "hidden" areas of our life? Why do we allow the "invisible" areas to remain dirty?
How can we expect to draw closer to God if we continue to allow these invisible sins to remain in our life?
"Draw nigh to God, and He will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded." - James 4:8
It isn't enough to clean our hands (the outside), we must purify our hearts (the areas that we think "nobody sees").
Us: "Well, we're going to leave that alone because nobody sees that."
God: "Well I do."
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