Psalm 51:7: Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; Wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
Experiencing Jesus in the Psalms
Purge me with hyssop. Sprinkle the atoning blood upon me with the appointed means. Give me the reality which legal ceremonies symbolize. Nothing but blood can take away my bloodstains; nothing but the strongest purification can avail to cleanse me. The passage may be read as the voice of faith as well as a prayer: “Thou wilt purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean.” There is such power in the divine propitiation that my sin will vanish away. I shall be admitted again into the assembly of thy people, while in thy sight also, through Jesus my Lord, I shall be accepted. Wash me. Let it not merely be in type that I am clean, but by a real spiritual purification which removes the pollution of my nature. And I shall be whiter than snow. Snow soon gathers smoke and dust, it melts and disappears; thou can give me an enduring purity. 1
Living the Transformed Life
But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin. 1 John 1:7
- What besetting sin needs to be purged from your life?
- How can you receive His cleansing today?
- What will it take to experience His power to live wholly and holy for Him?
His blood purges our past sin and His Spirit empowers our future serving.
Praise and Prayer
Thank You, Father, for the blood of Your Son, for my salvation. Dear Jesus, teach me to abide in Your Word, with purity of mind, and a yielded will.
1. Spurgeon, C. H. (1993). Psalms (p. 212). Wheaton, IL: Crossway Books.
