Let us approach with a true heart in full assurance of faith, with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.
(Hebrews 10.22
NRSV)
Thankfully all Christians use water, not oats, but today we celebrate the washing away of all the junk that covers people and keeps us from being what God has created each of us to be.
Only one person who ever lived escaped being covered with this junk and that was Jesus. Still, he came to be baptized by John. The Jews already practiced baptism before John the Baptist, but their baptism had little to do with repentance and confession of sins. Among the Jews, clothing, utensils, and even articles of furniture were ceremonially cleansed.
Jesus' baptism occurred during the Feast of Weeks, a time when many believers from surrounding areas came to the Temple for the blessing of the "first bread made from the new harvest of spring grain." It was a perfect time for many people to witness his baptism and hear his message.
May we all be cleaned of our junk and ready to hear Jesus’ message.
Dear God, clean me today of all the junk I have collected. Amen.
Help Promote Devotions.Net | Past Devotions
| Home | Bible | Devotions | Humor | Visitors | Links |