Dec. 20th - White - Isaiah 1:18
"Come now, and let us reason together," Says the LORD, "Though your sins are as scarlet, They will be as white as snow; Though they are red like crimson, They will be like wool."
When you think of something
"white", what are the first thoughts that pop into your mind? Some of mine were clouds, clean,
pure, and a wedding gown - hence the photo I chose for this Christmas devotion.
You may not have thought of white
being a Christmas color or for that matter a color at all. What would a
candy cane be without "white"? How would we have snow on our
gingerbread houses without "white"? The sheep, the
snowflakes...so much of Christmas is colored "white"!
White occurs when all the colors of
the spectrum of light are reflected off of an object. I love the idea
that white is a product of light being reflected. There is such a deeper
spiritual truth here!
Our verse today speaks of our sins
being cleansed to be white as snow or wool.
Put all of this together - Jesus is
the Light. When He is our Savior and Lord, He cleanses us from sin; we
become reflections of Him. From then on God only sees us as clean, as
pure, as white as snow...as Christ.
We become a part of His Bride
clothed in "linen, bright and
clean; for the fine linen is the righteous acts of the saints." (Revelation 19:8)
What a beautiful spiritual truth
built right into the fabric of nature!
Today as you look around and see
things that are "white," let it remind you that Jesus has paid the
price for our sin...paid in full! There is hope for forgiveness making it
possible to have a relationship with God!
Some stains seem impossible to
remove...But with God all things are possible! (Mark 10:26-27) Nothing you nor I
have done is so sordid and dirty that God cannot cleanse if we but turn back to
Him and ask -
"If
we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and to
cleanse us from all unrighteousness." 1 John 1:9
This Christmas and on into this new
year, may "white" remind us of the hope found in Jesus Christ!
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