BRAIN CLEANSING II

As mentioned in yesterday’s Journal entry; recently in the night I heard this phrase: ‘Sometimes we think we are cleansing our brain and it actually is just getting washed.’ I then quoted Romans 12:2, “Do not be conformed to this age, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may discern what is the good, pleasing, and perfect will of God” (12:2). Our desire is for brain cleansing, not brain washing.
David groans in Psalm 51 for the cleansing of his heart. He knew, and we know, that the heart…the inner person, is our mind and our conscience. We also know that our minds will always find a way to justify what our hearts want to do.
David progresses this way:
Psalm 51:2 “Wash me clean from my guilt. Purify me from my sin.”
Psalm 51:7 “Purify me from my sins, and I will be clean; wash me, and I will be whiter than snow. Remove the stain of my guilt.”
Psalm 51:10 “Create in me a clean heart, O God. Renew a loyal (right) spirit within me.”
As he went through his Brain Cleansing, he begged for joy:
Psalm 51:8 “Oh, give me back my joy again.”
Psalm 51:12 “Restore to me the joy of your salvation.”

This same Brain Cleansing idea is picked up in Proverbs 20:9: “Who can say, I have cleansed my heart; I am pure and free from sin?” And the same is true in the New Testament as Peter, an apostle speaks of how everyone can have a Clean Brain and Heart through faith: “God knows people’s hearts, and he confirmed that he accepts Gentiles by giving them the Holy Spirit, just as he did to us. He made no distinction between us and them, for he cleansed their hearts through faith” (Acts 15:8-9).

We should at least try to keep our brains as clean as firemen keep their fire trucks…and that’s really clean.

“Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.” Jesus