“The Slate Was Wiped Clean”
By
Dr. Dwight Garrett

Psalm 51:10
Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.

When I was in grade school, one of the things I really enjoyed was when the teacher would call upon me to erase and wash the entire blackboard.  In the end, and when my task was finished – it was as if nothing was ever written on it – “The Slate Was Wiped Clean”.

And in a sense, this is what God does for us when we come to Him, confessing our sins, and trusting Christ as own personal Lord and Saviour.  In 1 John 1:9, we are told, “If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.”  Notice what it is God promises to do: forgive and cleanse.  "The Slate is Wiped Clean!"  Only Christ our Lord can do that.  We can’t do it ourselves, and nobody else can do it for us – only God can.

How many times in your life have you wished you could start all over again with a “clean slate” and with a “new life”?  Well, you can.  The door of opportunity is open for you and the Almighty Master of the Universe is ready, willing and able to erase your past, and wash your life clean, and new.  Won’t you resolve, right now, to allow God to wipe your slate clean by confessing your sins and letting Him give you a brand new start.  Yes, you can start life over again, a new, better, and more exciting life in Christ – He is waiting for you to come to Him right now. 

Won’t you let Jesus erase the chalk-lines of the past and wash the blackboard of your life clean so that you too can proclaim that:

“The Slate Was Wiped Clean”