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Key Scripture: "To truly know Him meant letting go of everything from my past..." Philippians 3:8 TPT
Power Point:
In the process
of getting ready to put our house on the market, I've been told to de-clutter. The painters came this week to
take down wallpaper and paint. In order for them to do that, I had to take down
"stuff". I thought I would be sad to see things change. Imagine my surprise when I walked through the
rooms and felt the house had come back to life.
A little surprised, and truly energized, I began re-arranging
things, removing "stuff" with greater enthusiasm and freshening the
look. It was fun!
"Stuff" was
everywhere! There were so many mementos
of this or that. We've had to get rid of a ton of books. They had been kept tucked away for far too
long. No one was getting the blessing from them while they were tucked away in
my closets. My friend, Marion recently moved
to her new home. She had been de-cluttering for a year or more. Her comment was, "GET RID OF
MORE!"
The thing is, as life
happens, we tend to collect "clutter" don't we? STUFF. As
I'm removing the “stuff”, I ‘m seeing things that I hadn’t really noticed in a long while. It
was just part of the landscape. Now I can
choose what needs to remain and what needs to go, not with a feeling of sadness
but with a new excitement and anticipation about the future.
God has a place
prepared for each of us. I have no idea where my next place is, but I know it
will be wonderful. That's just how He
works. I don't want to move into the NEW place He has for me through this walk
of faith, and drag bags of OLD things there.
Instead of being a sad thing, this is becoming a very liberating
moment. It's an opportunity to allow myself
to examine some of the "stuff" that is cluttering up not just my physical house but my spiritual house; OLD habits, OLD thought processes that drag me down,
and fill my mind with OLD MAN CLUTTER which keeps me from walking, and running
into the NEW.
Like Abraham, I have
no idea where I am going. I'm just "going out" to the place He
has prepared for me. And that's the word He has given me for this journey; "Suzanne, I have prepared THE PLACE
for you." I'm excited!
I have a friend, whose
house recently burned to the ground.
Everything was a total loss. She has nothing from her past to take into her future. The truth is, for the most part, that was a
good thing. She was a hoarder. She had
recently come to that realization and had begun to sort through all the
"clutter" to get rid of it. It
was a huge task. As a result of the fire, her whole life is moving forward
without all the clutter of the past.
She's free. And she's taking advantage of it. She's making NEW decisions
because she is free of the clutter of the old.
She has a NEW outlook on life, and a hope for the future.
Beloved, we all have clutter that we don't see. The Lord is so ready, willing and able to
help you with that. What are the things
in your life that are holding you back from walking into all the NEW He has for
you? Are there some fears you need to throw out? Have they just been there so long that you
don't even notice them for what they are anymore?
And what about the
treasures hidden underneath the clutter?
Wouldn't it be nice to put them out so that you can see them
everyday? What about the treasures of
His kindness in every part of your life?
What about the treasure of His Faithfulness and His plans for you? Shouldn't that be what we look at every day?
Is it time to dust off the treasures and make room for them
again? Is it time to de-clutter your space and make sure that everything you
see is valuable to your future and honoring to your past?
Is it time for "Off with old and on with God's NEW!"
Power Thought:
Copyright © 2015, Suzanne Roberts, Unpublished Work.
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