Rejuvenating the Heart and Soul

Three nights of good Gospel preaching behind and three more nights ahead; what a blessing it has been to hear Brother Samuel Mills sharing his insights on the Bible and challenging our church members to come alive and really pray for revival and to pray for loved ones and friends specifically and specifically pray that our own hearts be cleansed and readied to carry the fire of true worship.

Monday evening he shared that the power of God is undiminished, and it hasn’t lessened from the time God created the universe until today. God is still in control. He can change hearts, change lives, and He is able to save the vilest of sinners, make them whole, and clean.

Last evening he took his text from Ezekiel 16:1-14, comparing this abandoned baby girl to the sinner. Just like the man who saw this cast off, uncared for child, God saw us and came to our side.  The infant was nearly dead and the man said to the child, live. He gathered the baby into his cloak, then claimed the abandoned infant as His own.

The man carried the infant to his home, washed it clean, then covered it with oil. Just as God does with those He saves. God, through the blood of Jesus Christ thoroughly cleanses us from our sins and claims us as one of His own children.

Brother Mills said is there anything that smells better than a fresh washed infant, slathered in baby oil. I would imagine that God has the same feeling when a sinner is saved and cleansed, fresh and new.

Once the infant was clean, the man clothed the child in the finest raiment, then bedecked in bracelets, chain, ear rings, and jewels. I imagine that is what we are clothed in righteousness.

The change in this infant was so great, that the world noticed and the change in the baby made the heathen take notice of the beauty which the man put upon her. When we are saved, the world around us should notice the change and see the goodness of God in us.