How many people have places that they need to de -clutter?
This is a repost from several years ago but with some new insight.
Realizing I need to do another declutter with stuff in our garage. Some much of it was my dads and honestly it’s not anything I will ever use.
Why do I keep holding on to the stuff? Because it’s hard to let go of what could have been. It’s hard to make it final.
I feel the Holy Spirit nudging me to declutter again. Not just physically but getting my priorities in order.
I feel I am to go to a new level and it’s not an easy task. The Lord is calling us to be separate and come out from among them. What I am saying is stop wanting and being like the world. I long to see another mighty move of God and as I begin to think about those early revivals that started Pentecost.
They happened because they gathered in prayer. They lingered in His presence. There was no place they would rather be.
Lord Help us to get that hungry.
I spent some time this weekend doing that in our closet. We had so many papers that needed shredding. So we sorted and went through them, it honestly was just one of those things we just kept putting off.
It was time for a kitchen de clutter as well and well that one is a work in progress.
I realized I have some amazing kitchen tools, that are brand new and still in boxes unused but they were things I just had to have. What value do they have if I’m not using them?
As I look around my house, I notice I have so many things I don’t need or use but I still can’t let them go. Sometimes we have habits and hang ups we just keep holding on to.
Our house is by no means dirty or unkept. It just needed some additional TLC.
The Holy Spirit began to speak to my heart about spiritual clutter. I have noticed in my life when I have seasons of chaos and craziness, my spiritual life is lacking. Does that mean I am not saved? Absolutely not, it just means I have allowed myself to get comfortable.
I have no longer made my relationship with the Lord, my true first love.
I have unopened unused gifts inside of me, that I can’t see or use because of all the flesh satisfying stuff in the way. We have to examine our hearts.
I have noticed in my own life that when I push and pull away from God, nothing satisfies me. I have no peace and no joy.
God is such a gentlemen he does not push down the door of our heart demanding to come in. He simply stands there and waits for us to open the door, but sometimes there is too much clutter in the way and the door can’t be opened.
Some of us are in such a season of despair and disappointment that we have sunk into a deep dark pit. We do not see any way of escape. Here is the way of escape. Very simply say, Lord I need you, this hopelessness has consumed me and I don’t know the way out. All I know is that in this moment of pain I need you. Please wrap your arms of love and mercy around me , fill me with your peace and your joy. Lord, I need you right now to break every chain off of my mind and my heart. Set me free from the clutter of my mind. In Jesus name. Amen
If you prayed this prayer, message me I want to stand with you and keep you before the throne of God.
You are loved and you are not alone in this fight.
In order to fight put your armor on daily.
Let the Spirit renew your thoughts and attitudes.” Ephesians 4:23 NLT.
