There's No Place For Clutter
Categories: Church of Christ Bulletin Articles
Like many other folks, my wife and I have a garage that serves as a storage facility for items we don’t have room for in our house. There are times when we are ashamed to open the garage door because we don’t want anyone to see the clutter that has accumulated over a period of time. So, about every six months, we set aside a workday to clean out the garage and reorganize the items we think we just can’t do without.
Our minds are similar to a garage in that it too accumulates a great deal of worldly clutter. As we associate with the people of the world on a daily basis, it is inevitable that sooner or later, we will pick up ungodly thoughts or attitudes.
For example, any selfish thinking that focuses only on self instead of others — demanding our rights, or having an attitude of bitterness toward those who we believe have hurt us in some way. Before long, our hearts and minds are no longer clean and orderly. And while we think we can hide the clutter, eventually it will become glaringly evident to other people (1 Samuel 15:10-23).
Paul once asked:
“Do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit?” (1 Corinthians 6:19).
If our body is the dwelling place of the Holy Spirit, have we ever wondered if He feels like He’s living in a messy garage?
It’s wise to set aside a spiritual workday, getting to work cleaning out the worldly clutter that has accumulated in our minds. Discarding any thoughts of bitterness (Ephesians 4:31) — bagging up and throwing out old patterns of sensual thoughts (James 3:13-18) — changing our worldly attitudes to godly ones (Titus 2:7-12), and filling our hearts with the beauty of God’s Word (Colossians 1:7-10).
Let’s make the garage of our mind clean to the core (1 Corinthians 5:1-13; Colossians 3:5-10; James 4:7-10) — then we’ll be able to leave the door open for all to see (Matthew 5:14-16).
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