The other day I decided to give my wife’s van the annual “deep cleaning” where I break out not only the soap bucket and sponges, but also the bug ‘n tar remover, the wax, the wheel stuff, the vacuum, the carpet cleaner, the windex, and the little pine tree. Normally I will take 30 minutes for a “quick clean” on the outside, but it was time for the deep scrub inside and out on the ol’ Odyssey.
The girls were more than willing to help, and the bottom 3 feet of the van have never been so clean! (I think Karissa may have rubbed off the top coat in a spot that she worked on for about 10 minutes straight.) We washed, and waxed the outside, shined the tires, took out the seats, vacuumed the interior, Amour All’d the entire thing, but what really got me thinking was when I was on my knees scrubbing the bug gunk off the front. Even with the best cleaners it takes some elbow grease to get that nasty stuff off. I probably worked on all the bug, tar and road gunk for a good hour of the morning.
As I was scrubbing, I thought about my life, and the last time I let Christ do a deep scrub on me. So often we do our devotions (if we do them!) which typically gives us a “warm fuzzy” and reminds us to do something better, like a normal “quick” car wash. We go to church, sing a little, yawn through a message from the pastor, and hopefully we are reminded to do something better. But when was the last time I let God take care of all the “gunk” in my life – do a “deep cleaning?” When have I truly opened up to Him and let Him take care of the sin in my life? When have I broken down to the point of tears when talking to Him?
So often the Christian life is made up of little “quick washes” (devotions, quick prayer before dinner, Sunday morning, etc.) but we need to take time to go to Jesus’ car wash and let Him do a deep cleaning of the “gunk” in our life.
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