Corona Devo 3299

Blessed are those who wash their robes. They will be permitted to enter through the gates of the city and eat the fruit from the tree of life.  ~Revelation 22:14

Lord...what does this even mean?  

Even as we read it, we embrace Your Words...falling back into them with hopeful abandon.  We desire this outcome, Father.  And we yearn to (one day) experience what You promise in Scripture.

But how do we wash our robes?   ...In repentance.

This is what the Sovereign Lord, the Holy One of Israel, says: “In repentance and rest is your salvation, in quietness and trust is your strength...  ~Isaiah 30:15

Lord, cleanse us today.  
We try so hard.
We often think that we do so good.

But our robes need washed by only You.  Even our best deeds in Your Name fall short of the glory and honor that You deserve.

But we are all like an unclean thing, And all our righteousnesses are like filthy rags; We all fade as a leaf, And our iniquities, like the wind, Have taken us away.  ~Isaiah 64:6


But Lord, You grasp our hand (albeit filthy), and you connect us with purity.

Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.  ~Psalm 51:10


You salvage us with Your salvation.

For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— (9) not by works, so that no one can boast.  ~Ephesians 2:8-9


You overcome and overwhelm our sinful selves with washed robes.

“Come now, let us settle the matter,” says the Lord. 
“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 1:19


We wash our robes in Your righteousness today, Holy Lord.  Only You can purify us, and only You do. 

Thank you, our King. 

Blessed are those who wash their robes. They will be permitted to enter through the gates of the city and eat the fruit from the tree of life.  ~Revelation 22:14

Wash us afresh this day, Lord.  
Wash away the sins we've knowingly committed, and cleanse us also of those we have unknowingly committed.

Scrub away our desensitized gratitude for all that You've done for us, and awaken a refreshed realization in our soul for the freedom that we have in your forgiveness.

Lord, we yearn to be permitted to enter through the gates of the city and eat the fruit from the tree of life one day.

Wash our robes today, O King of Cleansing.
Amen.  

~~~

Blessed are those who wash their robes. They will be permitted to enter through the gates of the city and eat the fruit from the tree of life.  ~Revelation 22:14

We embrace Your Words, Lord...falling back into them with hopeful abandon.  Thank you for Your promise.

Blessings,

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