I am not the standard

You ever "clean" your room by putting everything under the bed or in a closet? And, I don't mean neatly put away under the bed or in the closet; I mean, it is thrown in the closet and stuffed under the bed with no thought of tidiness.Now, if someone just looks around at the room, it would appear to be really clean and organized. But, is it?

I have noticed a lot of events lately where we have been informed of someone not being exactly what they display. And, allow me to say again that I am not judging; we have all sinned and come short of the glory of GOD. There is NONE righteous, no NOT ONE. But, what I am trying to get at is that there are a lot of us that present a very clean picture to the naked eye, but, if we were to really look, if others were to really look under the bed and in our closets, what would they really find?

Today's word is Proverbs 30:12, KJV, which reads, "There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet is not washed from their filthiness."

We seem to have a generation, I seem to be a part of a generation, that wants to believe that we are pure and clean based on our own standards. But, what are our standards? Are we pure and clean because we do what everyone else does? Are we pure and clean because we don't do some of the "worse" things that others do? What are we basing our cleanliness on? What standard are we using to determine cleanliness? There are those who, based on their own standards, believe it is okay to detonate an explosive and kill hundreds, maybe thousands, of innocent people. Based on their standards, they are clean but, are they?

We must base our cleanliness, our pureness, on the only True and Pure Standard there is or ever will be - JESUS. We must not compare ourselves to other individuals, but to the commandments of GOD. As I have said before, if you compare yourself to me, you will come out looking good. However, I am not the measuring stick; I am not the standard.

Be Blessed,
Mickey T