Coffee Break - Cleaning It Out

Coffee Break

"Cleaning It Out"

Yesterday I talked about the difference in being patient when you had no other option but to be patient and when you had a choice to do so or not.

Well, the other day I was at home and all day long I had this desire to clean out drawers, closets and cabinets.  It was so overwhelming all day long.  It was like I was being pressured to do it.  (Of course, I am still limited and can't do it-- no lifting, bending or getting down on the floor.)  It was at the point to where it distracted me from doing anything else, and it dominated my thoughts.  I keep trying to resist it.  I would pray and renew my mind but to no avail... it was still there. 

I asked the Lord what was going on because this was like an unnatural obsession.  He spoke to me, so I need to share it with you. What He showed me was-- I wanted to clean out draws, closets and cabinets.  My focus was on cleaning out areas that are hidden from view.  I wasn't compelled to clean out the things you could see, but the things that aren't seen/hidden.  There are those of you who need to do some spiritual cleaning.  You need to let the Lord work on cleaning out areas in your life that are hidden-- matters of the heart.  

What is tucked away in your heart and life from view but you know it isn't pleasing to the Lord?  Do you have anger or bitterness resting in a "drawer" in your heart?  Do you have unconfessed sin that you have neatly tucked away in a "cabinet"?  Do you have "skeletons" of guilt and hatred hanging in your "closet"?  Is there adultery, pornography, alcohol or even drugs that are hidden away in your life?  Are you living a double life-- on the outside you have a good looking front and have others believing you are something that you aren't, but on the inside you are a totally different person?

It is time to open up those hidden places that are not in view and do some cleaning.  Confess those things to God.  Repent of them.  Let Him get rid of them.  And let Him clean them out.  Once you do, just as cleaning out in the natural frees up space, you will free up space in your heart and there will be more room for the things that are truly needed in your life-- peace, joy, love, freedom!

Have a great day.  It is time to clean out your heart's drawers, cabinets and closets!