Clean House

I don't know about you, but when my house is filthy my anxiety is up. BIG TIME!! It feels like pure chaos. 

The other day I had worked hard on cleaning my home. By the very next day it seemed that trash had piled up, AGAIN. The dishes needed done, AGAIN. My floors needed swept, AGAIN. I wanted to explode!! Would the cleaning never end?!?!

We face the same battle spiritually.(19 Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? 1 Cor. 6:19) Weather we are first getting saved or we have simply had to be exposed to negativity and the world, our house gets messy. We clean it.

Then....

It gets messy AGAIN. I am reminded of 2 things; a song...

...Whatever you're doing inside of me

It feels like chaos somehow there's peace...

....Time to face up

Clean this old house

Time to breathe in and let everything out....

(Sanctus Real: Whatever Your Doing (Something Heavenly))

And a scripture...

Matthew 12:43-45New International Version (NIV)

43 “When an impure spirit comes out of a person, it goes through arid places seeking rest and does not find it. 44 Then it says, ‘I will return to the house I left.’ When it arrives, it finds the house unoccupied, swept clean and put in order. 45 Then it goes and takes with it seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they go in and live there. And the final condition of that person is worse than the first. That is how it will be with this wicked generation.”

In Matthew we find that the spirits came back to an empty house. We must learn from this and fill our house instead of leaving it empty. We must fill ourselves with the Holy Spirit.

In 1 Corinthians 6 the rest of verse 19 & verse 20 says, "You are not your own; 20 you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your bodies."

We have to understand that in this life we will get dirty. We will clean our houses then some dust will come floating in when you open your door to someone. But what is the most important thing to remember is that we have the Holy Spirit. He will help us clean our house every time we need it.

So start sweeping!!

~Awaken Us~

Brenna Stanford