These days I’m reading through the Book of Leviticus. And there are line after line of descriptions of what is clean and what is unclean and if unclean, how to get clean. I can understand why people stop reading the Bible usually at this point. It’s hard to see the relevance of these Jewish laws to the modern day Americans that are us.

Here’s one relevance I saw. I’m still not sure what constitutes clean and unclean, but one thing for sure is that if something or someone is deemed unclean, we are to separate it from the rest that are clean. For example, if a person has a skin disease, he is deemed unclean, and he is to be in isolation until he gets clean. (However, not everything is so clear cut as to what is clean and unclean…) One thing for sure though, uncleanness is the opposite of the idea of holy. One of the definitions of holiness is to be separate. Therefore, the opposite is also true. If something is unclean (unholy), it is to be separated from the clean (holy).
Amazing thing is that when Jesus, a holy (or clean) man, was on earth, he touched and associated with many unclean people/things. However, rather than Jesus becoming unclean through these people/things, they became clean! It’s as if the cleanness or holiness of Jesus was so overpowering that He made holy everything He touched.
If you had been “touched” by Jesus, you are clean. Whether you feel clean or not, it’s irrelevant. It’s what God declares you to be. Now, that of course does not mean that we keep rolling in the mud of the world. But when we live in the world, we will get mud on ourselves. That’s inevitable. But as long as we are in touch with Jesus, we are clean.
Let me challenge you to something. If God seems distant and you feel dead, cry out to God to let you know that He is with you. He will answer it in His inimitable way.
PH