Wash the inside of your cup. What does this mean? Cleanse your heart. Remove the dark staining effects of sin and death. The Way of Christ is your heart’s purifying path. Wash the inside of your cup through prayer and repentance. This will open your soul to healing and your life to transformation. The cleansing of the heart sharpens your spiritual intellect and brings clarity to your spiritual eyes. Listen to Christ’s beautiful words: Blessed are the pure in heart for they shall see God.
Do not cleanse the heart so that it will remain empty, but so that it may be filled with everything healthful and good. As your heart is cleansed, your outer action will be consistent with your inner condition.
Read: Luke 11.39-41; Matthew 5.8; 23.25-26
Text copyright © 2017 by Fr. Symeon D. S. Kees