Today's Journey
Secret Storage
Dec.31,2012
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“Above all else, guard your heart, for it is the wellspring of life.” Proverbs 4:23
One
of the New Year’s resolutions that I have managed to keep is my plan to
clean out the two storage rooms in our basement. When we initially
moved into our house, whenever the movers didn’t know where to put
something, we sent them to the storage rooms. Since then, a similar fate
has been assigned to the stuff we continue to accumulate and don’t know
what to do with. Cleaning out those rooms seemed like a daunting task,
but I have to tell you it’s great to have it done. I go down there a lot
now just to revel in the victory!
While I was cleaning, throwing
away, sorting, and organizing, I thought about my heart. I thought about
the secret places in my life that no one sees. The storage rooms where
stuff that should be discarded stacks up. And here is what became clear
to me: Who I really am is not determined by the parts of my life that
are open to public view. In our house we do a pretty good job of keeping
them in good order. The real commentary on what kind of a person I am
is the condition of the storage rooms. If they are cluttered with
unwanted, bad, and unnecessary things, then it says something about me.
It says I am too busy . . . or, too lazy . . . or, undisciplined . . .
or, just apathetic. Or, it says that I really don’t mind a lot of junk
behind closed doors. It might even say that I like the junk in the
storage rooms.
It’s like that in life. Who we really are is a lot about the condition of the secret places of our hearts.
When
I was done, my male need for affirmation was out of control, I wanted
Martie to come down immediately and see how clean and organized it all
was . . . I even told my son that he had to stop by and see! Which made
me wonder if the true test of secret places being in good order might
just be whether or not you’d like someone to open the door to see how it
looks. As the writer in Proverbs says, “Above all else, guard your
heart, for it is the wellspring of life”!
YOUR JOURNEY…
- What would happen if someone opened the storage room of your heart today? What would they find there that you might not want them to see?
- Read 139 for a solid reminder that nothing is hidden from God . . . He sees it all! Make verses 23-24 the prayer of your heart today: “Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.”
- Once you have cleared out the unwanted and unnecessary stuff in your heart, revel in it . . . And do what you can to keep it clean!
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