Calling in the Expert

If there is one chore I am inept at, it is cleaning mirrors. No matter how hard I try, I fail miserably. Once a year I hire someone to clean and polish my mirrors. The results are mirrors so clean I can easily see my reflection in the polished glass.
The other day I decided to attack this chore myself. With all the vim and vigor I could muster, I prepared solutions of vinegar, dish soap, peroxide and glass cleaner. My instruments consisted of a scrubby, squeegees, paper towels and cloths. Rolling up my sleeves, I approached my chore as a surgeon preparing for surgery. I knew success was just around the corner. Did I mention it was a cloudy day?
Next day entering my bathroom, the sun was shining in, casting its rays and to my horror there were streaks and huge areas of film still covering the mirror. Not to be discouraged I retrieved my tools and starting wiping, and wiping. But no matter where I wiped another spot appeared seeming to take on a life of its own, a living breathing organism continuing to outsmart me. Exasperated I thought,” deal with it later you can’t win this battle, you need to leave it to the expert”.
Sin is not unlike the film that covers my mirror. It is an insidious fungus that creeps into our lives in the most unsuspecting ways. No matter how vigilant we are, it awaits an opportunity to rear its ugly head. As Christians, we have a cache of cleaning solutions available to us in our battle against sin.
We faithfully apply these known applications and to our surprise, the film of sin reappears.
Many of the antidotes we use in our daily lives are useful in reminding us that sin is always crouching. Our problem occurs when we rely on our own solutions instead of God! He is the only one who can wipe away our sin. Without God as our main ingredient, our own attempts fall short.
Just as the purpose in cleaning my mirror is to be able to see my reflection clearly, and without film. My ultimate goal in life is to rid my soul of sin allowing Jesus’ reflection to shine through me.
For this, I need to call on God the expert to assist me in my daily battle with sin. Only through His mercy will I find my way through my film stained soul to the clearest view of the cross.

“Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity. And cleanse me from my sin.” Psalm 51:2 (NKJV)
“That He might sanctify her and cleanse her with the washing of water by the word”. Ephesians 6:26 (NKJV)