Read: Isaiah 1:10-20

Wash yourselves, make yourselves clean; put away the evil of your doings. -Isaiah 1:16

A health teacher taught his students the importance of washing their hands before
eating. He had them take scrapings from their fingers and put them in an environment that
fosters the growth of bacteria. A few days later, they looked at the results through a
microscope. The students found critters from their fingers that could have made them sick
if they had eaten them with their dinner.

Many people who make sure they wash their hands before they eat are careless about a
far more serious kind of contamination. They should heed the advice of Isaiah. He showed
God’s people the visible evidence of their evil condition. He pointed to their
crumbling society and told them it was the result of their moral and spiritual pollution.
They had lived for selfish rewards, ignored justice and mercy, and loved material
possessions more than people. No wonder Isaiah exhorted them, "Wash yourselves, make
yourselves clean" (Isa. 1:16).

Behind Isaiah’s words is the heavenly Father’s love. Because God can see the
danger of sin He points to its visible, physical results. He pleads with us to be as
careful with what we take into our hearts and minds as we are with what we put into our
mouths.

Martin R. De Haan II

Lord, grant me grace throughout this day

To walk the straight and narrow way,

To do whatever in Your sight

Is good and perfect, just and right. -Huisman

KEEP OUT OF YOUR LIFE WHATEVER KEEPS

CHRIST OUT OF YOUR MIND.

OUR DAILY BREAD, Copyright 1999 by Radio Bible Class, Grand Rapids,Michigan. Used by
permission.

Geo –

Edwardsburg, MI