My special chore on Sunday happens to be taking our big blue trashcan out to the road, so when the trash truck comes our way on Monday our trash will be disposed of. Our family likes to tease and call the trashcan "The Blue Sentinel", as it stands guard by our driveway!
Sometimes I remember to take our "Blue Sentinel" out to the road. Sometimes I don't! (Actually, I have a reminder on my cell phone to "take out the trash", but since I don't usually turn ON my phone on Sundays the reminder doesn't help a lot. :P)
I was thinking about this trashcan business the other day. I thought it interesting that while the trash truck comes by our way every Monday, it's up to us to roll the can out. It's a fact of life that we make trash. And every time we do, we put it out in our trashcan. But here we run into a little dilemma: while great, our "Blue Sentinel" is only so big. It only holds about a week's worth of trash. So it's very important to roll on out the Sentinel and have the trash truck pick up our trash.
I have been thinking about this idea some more. I thought it interesting how this little trashcan scenario really applies in our spiritual lives. We all sin. Sin is like trash, and we all need to give our sin to God. He's like the Trashman, ready to pick up our trash at a moment's notice.
Sometimes we may wonder if God would really want to get into this trash-taking business. After all, it is pretty stinky! But the awesome truth is that God does want to take our sin-trash away. He wants to take away our sin and make us pure again. He says in Psalms 103:12 that
"as far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us."
What do we have to do to start receiving this awesome, free, sin-trash removing service? Just a little prayer. A prayer to God saying that you're sorry for your sins, and that you would like a new start. That you want Him to take away your stinky, sin-trash from your life. And what is God's answer? It's found in Isaiah 1:18:
"Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red as crimson, they shall be like wool."
But unlike our "Blue Sentinel", our sins do not have to accumulate. Not even for a week! Right after we sin we can ask God to forgive us for the sin, the trash we've made, and to please take it away ASAP. And He will! And then we can be happy and pure again, not worrying about the past sins and mistakes we've made.
God's Trash Removal Service (GTRS) is the best trash service I've ever found. Have you put out your "Blue Sentinel" today?
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