Ana and I spent yesterday evening coring and pitting cherries. We pitted hundreds of them, getting them ready for freezing and canning. Our hands are still sore and our fingers are stained, but we’re looking forward to enjoying the fruits of our labors for months to come.
As I was washing my hands this morning, the old hymn “Jesus Paid It All” was playing in the background. Struggling to remove the cherry stains from my fingers, the hymn’s words struck me as never before. “Sin had left a crimson stain. He washed it white as snow.”
This is a perfect description of my life. My past mistakes, my sin, had left my soul stained and bruised, but Jesus blood has washed it white as snow. The stains on my fingers may linger for a while, but they will eventually fade and disappear. However, only Jesus could remove the stain of sin from my life.
Do I still make mistakes? Oh yeah! Do I still sin? Far more than I would like to admit? But when I do I hear my “savior say, thy strength indeed is small. Child of weakness, watch and pray. Find in me thine all in all.”
On my own my case is hopeless. The stains are too deep, my debt too great. But the same God who “can change the leper’s spots and melt the heart of stone” can take my sin’s crimson stain and wash it white as snow.”
He will do the same for you, my friends. Come to Him today with all your guilt and regrets, your past mistakes and sin. Show Him the crimson stain of sin on your soul and with David plead, “Wash away all my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin.” (Psalm 51:7).
No matter how great your sin or how heavy your guilt God will never say “no” to this request. He promises, “Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow, though they are red as crimson, they shall be like wool.” (Isaiah 1:18)
This morning, stop struggling to remove sin’s stain on your own. It’s hopeless. Only Jesus can take that crimson stain and wash it white as snow. 1 John 1:9 promises, “If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.”
Don’t wait a moment longer. Confess your sins and give Jesus your heart today. Let Him take your crimson stains and wash them all away.
God bless, have a Happy Sabbath, and a safe 4th of July!