The Church on Proactiv

Face broken out in a plethora of little red dots turning my once olive complexion into more of a polka dot mess of redness all over my face. You could blame stress, bodily changes, climate, or all of the above...one way or another these little buggers were simply not going away. I tried everything, the strongest of strong with all the promises of zapping zits fast, and alas I found no relief. My next step to recovery of my face that was oh so tormented with acne was to try the oh so convincing Proactiv Acne System. Their claims are to zap zits never to return again. I watched the infomercials late at night, hear the testimonials from friends who found great success in this system. The claims seemed to be true. So overwhelmed with the excitement of finally getting rid of this thorn in my side of sorts I started using this system. The first night went by...the first morning...the next night.... I was faithful to the program. Never missed a morning or night because I was convinced of its power simply because of the testimonies I had heard.
What I began to notice the longer I used it, the more blemishes I found on my face... when I started the pimples were bad enough, but when I started this hardcore system more and more began popping up all over the place! Yikes! This is not turning out as I had planned. But upon a deeper research of the product I saw that this was just a sign that the product was doing its job. In order to clear out all the blemishes never to return all the dirt and filth from the very depths of my pores had to be brought to the surface. Nothing could be left lurking in the crevices that had become my pores.
This is much like the body of Christ. The Lord is coming back for a pure bride. A church without spot or wrinkle, no blemish in it. And maybe these blemishes in the church are not quite as easily recognized as a big red dot in the middle of your forehead, but the blemishes are that much more deadly. Eternity is at steak in these final days and we must get to the point where we are ready to surrender and finally clean house for the return of the King! Much like my face full of acne, the church is full of obvious sins....gossip, hypocrisy, pride, disunity amongst the body... but what about those hidden sins. Those nasty blemishes lurking just under the surface ready to erupt at any given moment. Once we start surrendering to Christ and allowing the Holy Spirit to move in and clean house we expect instant purity and holiness to come in. But the work of the Holy Spirit is much more thorough than all that. When he is finally given the go ahead, he will start in the depths and pull out the dirtiest of dirties! The most disgusting of sin will be revealed first in order to bring a holistic cleansing to the body! Its hard, not pretty, and very much uncomfortable. But the final result is way worth it. The final result is that clear luxurious skin that you have been seeking after. That pure bride Christ has been looking for! On this planet we will never achieve perfection...but we can always strive for a deeper level of purity and holiness than we now know... and that starts with pulling out the hidden sins. Because the most ironic thing about “hidden sin” is that nothing can possibly be hidden from God Almighty. He knows our deepest thoughts and motives, He is just waiting for us to come to him with our disgustingness and ask to be cleansed... thats His favorite! When His children finally recognize their sin problem is bigger than they are and come to Daddy God to clean them up and make them more pleasing to his sight...Take my dirt and filth and make me pure and holy as You are Daddy God....