The word flush has numerous meanings depending upon its context. For a poker player, a Royal Flush can’t be beat. In the Men in Black movies, flush refers to an emergency escape route. On the other hand, nutrients in water purify internal organs from chemicals, flushing impurities from the human body. Meanwhile, if you aren’t feeling well, you might become flush in the face, reddening your complexion. However, for me, there are certain days, weeks, months or years, I feel like flushing down the toilet!
As I endured another sleepless night, the image of the secondary definition for flush kept spinning through my mind. I guess this is a sign of God wanting me to cleanse, dispose and purge all that is negative from my memory. According to Proverbs 30:12, purity is not reached until filth is removed from your life. In John 3:2-9, Jesus asks Nicodemus to flush everything he has been taught by man and replace it with a new concept. This conversion, new birth and spiritual creation was too foreign for Nicodemus to grasp. Thus, he stopped talking, becoming a listener, trying to absorb this new teaching, like Bounty Towels, the quicker picker upper.
Unfortunately, there might be decisions, experiences and images that you can’t seem to flush completely down the toilet. Plungers may help with some issues, yet others may require a call to Roto Rooter to spiritually clear the plumbing within your temple. The author of Hebrews probably addresses this better than anyone I have ever heard. “In your struggle against sin, you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood,”Hebrews 12:4. Therefore, hang in there, Galatians 6:9, keep fighting, 1 Timothy 6:12 and flush sin from your life, Romans 13:13-14.
by Jay Mankus
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