Our refrigerator has a water filter that provides us with filtered water for our ice maker and water dispenser. It’s supposed to last somewhere between three and six months before it has to be replaced. We have a warning light that comes on to tell us when it’s time to replace it. I know how to to reset it, so I can make the filter last a lot longer! Okay, that’s not the way it’s supposed to work, is it? We need to change the filter to keep the water purified for our ice and water.
Receiving Jesus and getting saved is much the same way. You are purified when you ask for forgiveness of your sins and receive him as your Lord and Savior. You can’t expect to go on living the same life you did before. But when you sin again…. and you will… you have to ask for forgiveness and repent of it in order to remain pure. You want to keep the impurities out of your heart and your way of life.
Let the Holy Spirit warn you when you stray from the path of righteousness. Follow his voice and rid yourself of sin by purging it from your life. Don’t believe for one second that there won’t be consequences of ignoring his warnings. He gives us grace, mercy, and forgiveness, but we owe it to him to obey his Word and listen to his voice when he speaks to us and nudges us back onto the right path as we begin to stray.
Ask the Lord to purify your heart and remove anything that does not please him so that you may honor him in all that you do and everywhere you go!
Psalms 86:11 (NLT) - “Teach me your ways, O LORD, that I may live according to your truth! Grant me purity of heart, so that I may honor you.”