Today I went and washed my car. But, only the outside of it got clean. I told myself that I would clean out the inside of it later. But hey - it looks clean, right?

I immediately thought about how people might try to appear clean on the outside, to the people around them. However, in order to be truly clean spiritually is to be clean on the inside. Continually repenting and confessing to the Lord, letting the Word wash us clean by the power of the Spirit and of the blood.

We can't just appear clean, we need to be cleaned by God.