I am a sloppy painter. I just don't have the paitence that it requires I suppose. When I paint, there is usually just as much paint on my hands, arms, jeans, t-shirt, & shoes as there is on what ever it is being painted. When it comes time to get cleaned up, it is inevitable, I am going to miss some paint that I got on me. As I get dressed and go back out with others, it becomes apparent as my wife says to me, "You missed a spot." That is when I begin looking with great disagreement not seeing what she can clearly see. As usual, she ends up being right, and it's back to the shower for me to get the spots I missed.
It hit me this morning as I read this verse, I do the same thing in my Christian life that I do as a painter. I rush through carelessly, making just as much of a mess as I do getting the job done, and end up leaving myself spotted and covered with sin in the process. Then when it is time to "clean up", I may go and do my routine "cleaning" and leave some spots that I didn't notice. Here is the lesson that I learned, just because I think I am clean doesn't mean that I am.
We don't have to live your life walking around covered in the spots that we miss. The Bible says, "the Lord weigheth the spirits". It is not up to us to determine whether or not we are clean. We need to allow the Lord to move and work in our hearts. Ask Him, as David did in the 139th Psalm, "Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts: and see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting." Let's not be fooled into thinking that we can do it on our own, and don't argue with God either. We need to trust the Lord, let him point out our spots, and get cleaned up.
Have you missed a spot? Is the Lord weighing your spirit right now? Don't ignore Him, go ahead and get cleaned up and learn how refreshed you will feel.
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