GET YOUR HOUSE IN ORDER

Getting our spiritual house in order

Matthew 21:12-13 And Jesus went into the temple of God, and cast out all them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves, And said unto them, It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves.

Come on ladies its time, its past time!  You’ve put it off long enough.  So long those things are beginning to pile up.  You can’t seem to find what you are looking for, and you have no idea where you put it.  You can’t remember the last time you saw it or what it felt like.  You begin to wonder if you would recognize it if you saw it, but you know it has to be here somewhere.  Now what did you do with it?  What am I talking about?  I am talking about your Joy.  When was the last time you had some joy in your life?

You have allowed the enemy to come in and fill your house, your temple with all kinds of clutter.  He brought in things that weren’t meant to be in God’s temple (remember you are the temple).  After that last bad relationship, you forgot to close the door, and the enemy came in with doubt, anger, unforgiveness, hatred, revenge, backbiting, and all kinds of ungodly things that have messed up your house.  Oh, and let’s not forgot how you keep allowing him to remind you of the terrible things you did in the past.  Come on get out the devil buster, we’ve got some cleaning to do!

It’s A Dirty Job, but It Has To Be Done

You’ve avoided it long enough; you know it needs to be done.  You’ve stored so much hurt and anger in your house that when joy tries to come in, he is turned away.  You’ve told him that love doesn’t live here anymore, and so joy leaves with his head hanging down.

Girl, I know you may not feel like it, but you have got to get off your butt and clean your house.  You can’t remain “Young and Restless” anymore, nor is thinking about taking your life to be in “Another World” going to make things better.  This is your house, and it’s time you cleaned it.  As you sit there mad at him, the “Days of Your Lives” are passing you by, and you are allowing the enemy to keep you and “All Your Children” hanging on his every word waiting for him to call.  God sent the Holy Spirit to be your “Guiding Light," but you keep holding onto the “Secret Storms” of your past mistakes and the “Dark Shadows” of the enemy are making you forget that you only have “One Life to Live." 

Darn it!  Stop watching those darn soaps operas, get off your butt, and get your house in order! This cleaning has to be done in order to teach you to appreciate the blessing God is sending your way.  How can He bring you that special someone, if you won’t get that mess out of your house?   No!  No!  No!  Don’t you put that stuff in the basement, and moving it to the garage won’t help.  Don’t even think about putting it in the attic and have all that stinky stuff hanging over your head.  Get rid of it!  Come on, it’s got to go!

“You must give up the things you want in order for God to bless you with the things you need." 

Can I say that again?  I think I will anyway…

“You must give up the things you want in order for God to bless you with the things you need." 

You have to get rid of the pain, the anger, the fear, the hurt, the unforgiveness, and the resentment.  You must get rid of it in order for the Lord to bring you joy, peace, happiness, love, and prosperity.  You are only going to get this by cleaning out your house and filling it with whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just; whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of a good report; if you fill your house with these, there won’t be any room for the enemy to come in and mess it up again.

You’ve allowed your house to be unclean for too long, and if you are honest with yourself, you allowed it to be that way because at certain times it made you feel good.  Well, ladies I told you there is more to life than feeling good.  Get your house in order!

It’s time to face what you have been dreading most.  Are you ready?  Open up that door and put the devil out!  Tell him he can’t live here anymore.  Tell him that God has created a clean heart in you and renewed your spirit.

Psalm 51:10 Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.

Put the devil out!  Get out your devil dust buster and suck all those bad thoughts out of your life.  When you finish don’t leave the bag in the devil buster, empty the bag outside in the dumpster when you finish.  Put him out!!!  Let him know there is no room for him at your house. 

Let him know that you aren’t going to take it anymore. No more reminding you of your past mistakes!  The Word says: Hebrews 10:17   And their sins and iniquities will I remember no more.

No more making me feel like I am not worthy of a good relationship! The Word says:  Romans 8:1 There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.

No more crying in the midnight hours because you haven’t called! No more abusing me in front of my friends! No more coming home when you get ready!  The Word says: Joshua 24:15 …but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.

No more trying to get even with the person who took him away (they didn’t take him, he left)! No more using the kids to get even with him!  No more threatening to call child support if he doesn’t do what you want (if it’s his child, he should be paying it anyway)!  Romans 12:19   Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord.

No more devil.  No more!  I am getting this house in order! Have a garage sale and charge the enemy 7 times the interest for everything that he has taken from your house.  Don’t hold onto anything that is not of God for sentimental reasons.  It’s time to get your house in order.  Do what the Lord did and take a whip and chase the enemy out of your house.  Tell him as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.  Get your house in order! 

And when you do that God will say to you….  Well done, good and faithful servant; thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.  Matthew 25:23

WHAT BAGS DID HE LEAVE BEHIND?

When you put him out don’t let him leave any of his bags behind to have an excuse to come back and visit.  You know they like to come back visit.  All they need is an open door. You put the devil out, but why oh why would you let him leave his bags behind?  Didn’t you hear what I told you?  I can always tell when the enemy’s bags were left behind.  Look at how we act:

You got out of a bad relationship because it was destroying your joy, but you are still very resentful, bitter, and angry.  You let the devil leave his bags.

You got out of financial debt, but you still can't control your desire to spend on frivolous things.  You let the devil leave his bags.

You got out of a bad habit or addiction, but you still long to try it just one more time.  You let the devil leave his bags.

You said, “I forgive you”, but you can't seem to have peace with that person, and want to talk about what they did all the time.  You let the devil leave his bags.

You told your mate that it was over, but you still continue to let him call and come over.  You let the devil leave his bags.

You got out of that horribly oppressive job, but you're still trying to sabotage the company after you've left.  You let the devil leave his bags.

You cut off the affair with that married man, but you still lust after him.  You let the devil leave his bags.

You broke off your relationship with that hurtful, abusive person, but you are suspicious and distrusting of every new person you meet.  You let the devil leave his bags.

You decided to let go of the past hurts from growing up in an unstable family environment.  However, you believe you are unworthy of love from others, and you refuse to get attached to anyone.  You let the devil leave his bags.

WHEN YOU PUT THE DEVIL OUT MAKE SURE HE TAKES HIS BAGS TOO!!

Now that you have put your house in order by getting rid of that “stinking thinking," the stuff that was clotting up your arteries, and raising your blood pressure, let’s work on correcting some of the silly things we do in our lives that might be hindering us from having the love we so richly want and deserve.