All Are Precious in His Sight

Joyce C. Lock
by Jo Ann
Reproduced with Permission

Come now, and let us reason together, saith the Lord; though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool. (Isaiah 1:18)

For he is like a refiner's fire, and like fullers' soap. (Mal. 3: 2)

Do you remember favorite childhood games or friends? Time really does slip away.

I can remember how several of the neighborhood children would gather at my home, when we were five or six years old, to make cakes and pies. Of course, we didn't have a real stove to bake on, or real ingredients. But, we did have everything needed for our pretend baking.

When our project was completed, we would judge to see who had made the best creation. Those were the 'good ole days'; when kid's toys didn't have to cost a fortune and games didn't require a television or computer. People visited each other, enjoyed simple things, prayed together, and life was at a much slower pace than it is today.

Many a day, we would gather dirt and mud in pans, stir until just the right consistency, and shape into fake pies to bake in the sun. Our stove was a cardboard box, with the sun as a heating element, to bake our creations. In a few hours, they became 'inedible works of art'. I suppose you may wonder, by now, where I am going with these thoughts. Even in remembering childhood days, we can see many examples of how God sees his children and always cares for them as a loving parent.

There is just something about playing in mud, dirt, and water that fascinates every child.

Later, a Mother has the responsibility of cleaning up the big mess they have made. Even though covered with mud or dirt, no traces can be found once a Mom, lovingly, makes her child presentable, again, to the world. What a change is made with a little soap and water.

This is the way it is with our Lord. Sometimes, His children stray from Him and begin to lean toward people or the world. Not realizing they are making a big mess of things, they continue in situations that begin to harden their hearts to truth. When one gets away from the Word, they begin to get blemishes, compared to mire or dirt, upon them from sin. People may feel there is pleasure in sin, but soon learn they have been deceived and the pleasures of sin are only for a season.

Before long, those who stray find themselves in miry clay, needing someone to pick them up and set their feet on a firm foundation. When they turn back to the Father, as He calls them, they find He is always there. He will clean their life up if they allow Him to be Lord of all.

Isn't that just like the loving God we serve? He desires that His children be clean, also. Only He can take away what is wrong, as one looks to Him to make everything right. Do we ever think about the "fuller's soap", spoken about in the Bible, which washes away the stains of sin?

The water of God's Word and forgiveness 'washes and cleanses', once His blood covers a life. No one can cleanse a sin sick soul, except the Lord. The enemy is the loser when Christ is sought, repentance is made, and Christ is included in every part of our lives.

Only a loving Father would take time to make his children clean and pure, again, "just as if they had never gone astray." He is compared to "fullers soap' that can cleanse a heart, completely. He, alone, can purify to make a heart white as the new fallen snow. No trace of the world's "mire of sin" will remain when Jesus washes it away. He will cast sin as far as the east is from the west.

Know anyone who has been playing around the dirt or mire of this world, lately? Maybe they were blinded by the rose colored glasses the world offers. Do they need help to escape the lies and accusations of the enemy? Do they feel there is no hope for their life, anymore? There are many, out in the world, like this.

There are, also, many, in churches, who have failed the Lord and need God's help. Many have silent cries for help.Ê

What can we do? We can help be the answer to prayers. We need to take Jesus to them. We can love as He would love and speak as He would speak, to bring healing and help. He is in the cleaning and restoration business.Ê

Time is slipping away and many are looking for someone to help them. Many cannot see their spiritual condition until God reveals it to them, through His Word and Holy Spirit. We are to help bring light to those who are lost. We are to be His hands extended to the fallen, His feet to carry the gospel message on earth, and His mouthpiece to proclaim salvation, healing, and deliverance to all who will look to Him.

Jesus forgives and will stoop down to write words of restoration, in the sands of their life, which will chase away the enemy of their soul. The conscience of their enemies will even be convicted as God speaks peace and forgiveness into their life, instead of speaking condemnation. God will clean up souls, as they are precious to Him. It is not His will that any perish, but that all should come to repentance. No sin is too great for such a Great Savior as we serve. He calls souls to come unto Him and He will give them rest.

We must be the Master Builder's helpers. When we see a soul who is in sin and needs help, we are not to look down at them; but look up to Him. Think about how Jesus is there, just waiting to clean them up and call them His very own.

Remember, what looks like problems, for us, is easy for our God. He will restore and make souls into new creations, for His glory. He is real, joy unspeakable, and full of glory. There is no problem too big for God. It is His good pleasure to wash and cleanse a soul, as He delights in making something beautiful out of a life.

Salvation is the most wonderful plan! God's only begotten Son, Jesus, died for every tribe and nation. Red, yellow, black, or white; all are precious in His sight. Rich or poor, bond or free, we have a Savior who died that we all might be free. Isn't He wonderful?

What a Mighty God we serve!


Blessings in Christ,
Jo Ann

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