It occurred to me on the way home from church yesterday, as I observed the beauty of the snow all around, that snow is the great equalizer. It covers unsightly land, making one place as pretty as every other. It can even cover a huge landfill of garbage and makes it look like a beautiful, unblemished hill. With the snow, even the uneven places are leveled, so that the rough places become smooth. Sure, we know that the ground underneath is still rough, uneven, and in some places unsightly. For the moment, however, when it’s covered with snow we see it as beautiful.
Isaiah 42:16 I will turn the darkness into light before them and make the rough places smooth.
Isaiah 40:4-5 4 Every valley shall be raised up, every mountain and hill made low; the rough ground shall become level, the rugged places a plain. 5 And the glory of the Lord will be revealed, and all mankind together will see it. For the mouth of the Lord has spoken.”
How like God to make Himself known to those who will see – right in the midst of a weather phenomenon! He washed us with the perfect and precious blood of His only begotten Son Jesus Christ, and we became whiter than snow. Our sins have been forever covered. While snow is the great equalizer of the landscape, Jesus’ blood is the great equalizer of men!
Psalm 51:7 Cleanse me with hyssop, and I will be clean; wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.
Covered by His blood, He sees every one of us as whiter and brighter than the pristine snow-covered landscape on a sunny morning with crystal-clear blue skies. God knows the sins were there before, but now and for all eternity He knows and sees only the righteousness of Christ. All those imperfect places in us are made plain and smooth – perfected in Christ. All those things that make us unequal in the natural and even less than human in some cultures, are of no consequence in God’s eyes – because we are in Christ.
Galatians 3:28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
It is for this purpose that Christ came – that we might be in Him, cleansed
from our sins for all time. Let’s celebrate this Christmas by receiving the fullness of His gift to us. Let’s look at ourselves and others as He does – whiter than snow – all because of His blood. Jesus’ blood – the great equalizer!
To Make Christ Known 