WASH ME, AND I SHALL BE WHITER THAN SNOW

 

EVENING DEVOTION

NOVEMBER 27

 

Psalm 51:7

…wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.

 
David was no common sinner. His crimes were of a crimson colour.
 
His views of his sin were vivid and powerful.
 
But so exalted were his views of the efficacy of the atonement, that he felt persuaded that if it were applied, it would entirely remove the stain.
 
He believed that if the Lord washed him, he would do it thoroughly; that every spot and trace of sin would be taken away, and that he should be pure as an angel of light. He has realized this.
 
He is enjoying it at this moment. Beloved, however black thy crimes, however deep the stains of sin may be on thy soul, the precious blood of Jesus can remove the whole.
 
If thy God wash thee, he will purge out every stain; he will make thee perfectly clean.
 
It is said of those above, “They are without fault before the throne of God.”
 
And it is said of Jesus, to his eternal honour, that he is able “to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy.”
 
You never can estimate the value of a Saviour’s blood. You never can have too exalted views of its efficacy, for it cleanseth from all sin.
 
Precious blood!
 

See, see the fountain flows,

To purge thy guilty stains,

Till whiter than purest snows,

Descending o’er the plains.

 
James Smith