Spiritual Correlation in every day living

I remember what my mom told me. When you have to clean your room and it is a total disaster. Start in the corner and work your way out.

After a conversation this AM about cleaning I came to a realization of a spiritual correlation that has me extremely thankful. I am thankful for my Beloved, Ron. His spiritual leadership, that he may not even realize he is doing, always makes me think. When he cleans a room. First, Clean out the trash. Second, Pick up the clothes. Third, Make your bed. This is basic right?!?! An easy way to clean a room for a young child. 1 task at a time. But this has me thinking of the spiritual correlation.

First, Clean up the trash. Get rid of the sin in my life. Confessing our sin before God. “If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.” 1 John 1:9 He forgives our guilt. And we then turn from the sin. Repenting means: to turn away from. Imagine walking the wrong direction and seeing it is wrong and turning the complete opposite direction and never going back. The bad is behind you. We don’t do as Lot’s wife and look back at it. We keep on walking in the right direction.

Second, Pick up your clothes. This immediately had me thinking about the armor of God from Ephesian 6:10 -18. BUT then, I felt this strong pull to the fruit of the Spirit. Trading the ‘bad traits’ for “Christ traits’ Galatians 5:22–23. Picking up the products of His Good Holy Spirit. So for me. The Holy Spirit is saying The Fruit of the Spirit. Love, Joy, Peace, Patience, Kindness, Goodness, Faithfulness, Gentleness and Self control. When I pick up these things then in my day to day life I am transformed. THIS is not always easy but just like cleaning my room. Cleaning HIS room in me gets easier each day. And then as in Romans 5. Suffering produces perseverance, character, and hope.

Third, Make your bed. We know how this goes. Put on the fitted sheet, Tuck the corners of the flat sheet, add the comforter placing it neatly and even on the sides. Fluffing the pillows and placing them neatly. It is clean and neat, looks safe and you have to un-tuck it to get in. The Armor. God, You are so good! Now we place our armor. Placing it neatly, being meticulous about each and every piece.Not forgetting any part to protect us from harm. Ephesians 6:10–18

When we clean up our ‘room’ we are READY and ABLE to do His good work. HIS Will for our lives. We can love the unlovable. Pray for our enemies. Bless those who persecute us. Be joyful in the sorrow. Be patient with the things in this world that try to disrupt our lives. And we grow. Our ‘room’ grows and is filled with His ways. Isaiah 55:8–9 His ways are higher than mine.

What do you need to do in your “room”?

Be Blessed. I know that I am. He has placed a fantastic leader in my life that always brings me to focusing on inner growth for an outward expression.

Why is this not working??

Quick study. Jesus, you delight me with the ways you reveal yourself. I spend time studying and reading each morning and learn something new, don't get me wrong. I do learn in those time. But then there are those times that some one reads something, a short little conversation and this thing smacks you right in the face and you face plant into a deep hard core truth of the ONE. Thank you Jesus. For your constant reminders. You are so good to me.


Today. 


Haggai 1: 3-7 Then the Lord sent this message through the prophet Haggai:  “Why are you living in luxurious houses while my house lies in ruins?  This is what the Lord of Heaven’s Armies says: Look at what’s happening to you!  You have planted much but harvest little. You eat but are not satisfied. You drink but are still thirsty. You put on clothes but cannot keep warm. Your wages disappear as though you were putting them in pockets filled with holes!


Haggai 1:8  Now go up into the hills, bring down timber, and rebuild my house. Then I will take pleasure in it and be honored, says the LORD.


You are attempting to all this on your own and it is failing. You are living in this world but you are not supposed to be of this world. As a result you need to...

GO to the Hill----- Worship the Lord Your God, confess and leave it on the altar. 

Bring down the Timber ----- Take up your cross. Choose to follow Jesus. His ways. His Path. It is not easy. You have to choose NOT to sin. It starts in your mind and works its way out. Sin starts with a thought and leads to death. Taking up our Cross is a choice to LAY ourSELVES down. And follow His way of thinking. Taking every thought captive and checking them for His Light and Way.

Rebuild my house----- Rebuild your relationship and your soul to align with the ONE who laid His all down for you. Grow in the Lord. Reading the word, Praying. Loving Others. He did say. Love the Lord Your God with all your heart, mind, soul and strength AND Love your neighbor as yourself. 

THEN.

THEN I will take pleasure in you. You can not have a 'rich' life on the outside if you proclaim God with your lips and yet your inside is as a white washed tomb. Full of death. Empty of Godliness. Seeking the world and not seeking God. 
Seek First the Kingdom Of Heaven and all else will be added to you! 

Be Blessed.