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Unclean

Today’s Reading: Isaiah 6:1-7

Focal Verse: Isaiah 6:5

So I said, “Woe is me, for I am undone!

Because I am a man of unclean lips,

And I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips;

For my eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts.”

In our day, it’s all about how you look. If you don’t like your hair or don’t have any hair, it can be changed. If you don’t like your body, that can be changed, too (surgically if need be). In this world, our appearance is the first thing that is judged.

We can spend all our money on the best haircuts, manicures, tanning beds; all our time on getting the perfect “abs”. But while there is nothing wrong with having a great appearance, it is worth nothing if we are unclean inside.

Jesus tried to tell the religious leaders of His day this. They criticized Him when He went to the house of Zacchaeus, a “vertically challenged” tax collector (Luke 19:1-10). He called them “whitewashed tombs (Matthew 23:27), for although they put up a good appearance, there was nothing but decay and death inside.

Confronted by the presence of a Holy God, we see just how filthy we are, but praise God, He is willing to clean us up (Mark 1:40-41). Through the blood of His holy Son, we can be washed clean and He will say to us as He said to Isaiah: “Your iniquity is taken away and your sin purged” (Isaiah 6:7b).

Although you may already be a believer, sometimes a little “foot-washing” is in order (see John 13:10). Spend time in His presence today.