TODAY'S BIBLE VERSE
Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow. Psalms 51:7
Memorize this Verse: (Cover the verse text and using just the first letters of each word try to recite the entire passage.)
7. P M W H A I S B C W M A I S B W T S
Notes on this verse:
“Hyssop”: Old Testament priests used hyssop, a leafy plant, to sprinkle blood or water on a person being ceremonially cleansed from defilements such as leprosy or touching a dead body (compare Lev. 14:6; Num. 19:16-19). Here hyssop is a figure for David’s longing to be spiritually cleansed from his moral defilement. David’s request is for God to take away his sin (86:5; Heb. 9:19). In forgiveness, God washes away sin (compare Psalm 103:12; Isa. 1:16; Micah 7:19).
Hyssop was used to apply the blood of the Lamb. David knows that only the blood of the precious Lamb of God can wash him and make him white as snow. Purge in the verse above, is speaking of purifying his inward man. He is saying, Lord you burn out all the evil within me and wash me with your blood, and make me white as snow. This is a white that is so white no fuller on earth can compare with it. This is not David washing; this is God washing David. This is the white that we all receive from the Lord, when He washes us in the blood of the Lamb.
TODAY'S BIBLE READING
Today's Bible Reading Plan selections can be found below. If you don't have a Bible with you, just click the references to read each passage online:
Old Testament
Judges 13-15 — 8.5 minutes
Psalms 88 — 3.0 minutes
New Testament
Mark 7:1-23 — 5.0 minutes
1 Corinthians 12:1-13 — 3.0 minutes
Total Average Read Time — 19.5 minutes
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