When Jesus came for a visit as he walks into the living room he sees that everything is in perfect order. Ah the place where you have invited guest to join you and you have shared the Word of God together. Yes, this room has been taken very good care of. Lots of attention and detail has gone into this room to make sure it is clean.
Then he walks into the kitchen. This room also has been cleaned and everything is in place. The area where you have served the Lord by giving food, drinks and sharing the Love of Christ with others. Yet even doing all of that Jesus notices how remarkably clean this area of your heart is.
He enters into one bedroom and then the other bedroom. The place where you can stash and hide things from your mom, dad, sister, brother or if you are married, maybe your husband or wife. The place you go to rest and get away from all the chaos of life. Once again Jesus states how clean you have been able to keep these two rooms. Even under the beds and the closets are clean. Not one dirty sock under the bed or in the closet.
The bathroom is next with all the mirrors and glass that is so hard to keep clean. All of the scale from the hard water starts to collect on the vanity but Jesus notices that you have went into every room including the bathroom and cleaned each room until they sparkled.
As Jesus is about to leave your house and tell you how great of a job you have done at keeping it clean he notices a door. Jesus has been inside of your home on a regular basis and each time you show him every room except for whatever is behind that door. Now why would someone show Jesus their whole house and not show him what is inside of that one room.
Jesus gently looks at you and says, "__________, let's open the door to this room. Your heart rate immediately goes high. You start to panic. Jesus has never asked to enter inside of this room before. You say, "Jesus, this door is locked and I don't ever unlock it." Jesus says, "__________ today we need to go inside of this room." Nausea sets in. This is the room that you haven't even walked into for many years yourself. This is the room that you hid all that stuff in that you didn't ever want anyone to see much less the Lord Jesus Christ. Once again the Lord says, "_______________ hand me the key so we can open this door. We will go inside together. "You see, my child we are going to clean this room." It is very hard to open your hand and place the key inside of Jesus' hand and allow him to open the door. But to have a clean heart it's the same as having a clean house. If every room is clean except for one, your house isn't totally clean. Jesus wants you to hand him the key so he can help you, not so he can hurt you. He truly wants to set you free and make you completely clean.
Psalms 51: 1-4
Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness:
according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies
blot out my transgressions.
Wash me throughly from mine iniquity,
and cleanse me from my sin.
For I acknowledge my transgressions:
and my sin is ever before me.
Against thee, thee only, have I sinned,
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