"Remember these things, O Jacob, for you are my servant, O Israel. I have made you, you are my servant; O Israel, I will not forget you. I have swept away your offenses like a cloud, your sins like the morning mist. Return to me, for I have redeemed you."
Isaiah 44.21-22
How sweet that God has removed our sins "like the morning mist." This beautiful imagery comes at the conclusion of a declaration against idols. As I read this chapter, I was challenged to think about the idols in my own life. They are there, even though I attempt to deny them their power.
Think about the morning dew: it is present for just a little while, its impact visible. Then it is gone. The idols and sins that we wrestle now will not last forever; these current foes will become memories as new ones take their place.
It is God alone who is able to clean up the messes within us. True, we will likely get messy again: we may fall into this or that puddle, we will wrestle with our demons. Yet still He calls: "Return to me, for I have redeemed you." My friends, dear brothers and sisters, let us not lose sight of the fact that God is bigger than our mess.
Bibliography
NIV Archaeological Study Bible. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2005. Print.
