March 14 | Isaiah 1:18
““Come now, and let us reason together, says the Lord, though your sins are like scarlet, they will be white as snow, though they are red like crimson, they will become like wool.”” (Isaiah 1:18)
Every winter in Central Pennsylvania, we get the white stuff. Sometimes we get a couple of inches, but sometimes we get a flood of snow. It’s terrible to drive in, cold that drives you inside, and causes terrible car accidents. But if you’re warm inside, it’s beautiful to look at. It glistens as the sun hits it like a shimmering, glittery white robe, untouched by tracks.
Isaiah lived in a wicked time before Israel’s exile to Assyria. The people’s sin and wickedness was endless. They were bathed in the crimson and scarlet of idolatry, sacrificing their children to false gods. God called Isaiah to be the prophetic voice everyone ignored to their peril.
Yet, in the middle of sin, God called the people to reason with Him. Only He could change their red wickedness to righteousness. A master of imagery, Isaiah describes God’s righteousness He wanted to give to Israel as white, much lighter than their wickedness. God would change their scarlet sin to white snow and wool.
Only God can make such a dramatic transformation in you. If you fall into temptation and your old passions, cry out to Him. He will cover your sin and wash it white as wool and snow.
Action Step: Pray and ask Jesus if you have sin in your life. Ask Jesus to wash your sins away and give you a clean white robe of righteousness.
Jesus, I have offended You by my sin, returning to it because of temptation and old desires. Cleanse me from my unrighteousness and make me clean in You again. Wrap Your robe of righteousness around me and help me to not fall prey to wickedness again.
