This morning when I was putting in my contact lens I did not notice there was a tiny speck of something on it.
For those of you who wear contacts, you know the instant reaction to this!
My eye clamped shut and I Immediately took the contact back out again. Then I rinsed it and placed it back in.
ah... much better!
I got thinking about that. The speck was tiny, in the big scheme of things it was insignificant, but I rejected the contact until I could clean it. There was no way I could wear it that way.
In Isaiah, the bible says, "All of us have become like one who is unclean,and all our righteous acts are like filthy rags we all shrivel up like a leaf, and like the wind our sins sweep us away." Isaiah 64:6 (NIV)
We tend to think that there are degrees to our sin. Small ones, and big ones. But to a Holy God, even what we'd see as a small thing, a "speck" on the lens, is too much. What we see as no big deal because we compare ourselves to others, is highly offensive to him.
Fortunately, he has provided a way of cleansing us of our sins through the blood of his son.
Let's pray to see our sin as he does, as this prayer will help us to repent and be much more grateful that he has provided a way for us to be clean.
