KEEP YOURSELF SPOTLESS AND GET YOURSELF SPOTTED BY THE LORD - Olusa Bamidele Emmanuel

Some theological students were walking along a street in the White Chapel district of London, a section where old and used clothing is sold. "What a fitting illustration all these make!", exclaimed one of the students as he pointed to suit of clothes hanging on a rack by a window. A sign on it reads: SLIGHTLY SOILED - GREATLY REDUCED IN PRICE. He continued, "We get soiled by gazing at vulgar picture, reading a course book, or allowing ourselves a little indulgence in dishonest or lustful thoughts; and so when the time comes for our character to be appraised, we are greatly reduced in value. Our purity, our strength is gone. We are just part and parcel of the general, shopworn stock of the world."
We must be careful not to allow our hands to be soiled. Our hearts, our emotions must not be soiled. We must keep ourselves from things that can defile our garments if we must be fit for God's kingdom. Keep yourself pure. Do not soil your garment with the things of this age so you do not become greatly reduced in "value" before God. Those whose value is reduced are not worthy of God.