Clean Out The Closet – Psalm 139:13-24
To this day I can still hear my mother telling me to clean out my closet. Obediently, I would go to my room to begin the process, only to get distracted by reading comic books that I was supposed to place neatly in the stack. However, soon the distraction was interrupted by my mother warning that she would check my room in 5 minutes.
Unable to effectively clean the room in that time, I would proceed to hide everything. I did not know what to do with these items. I would wait and make the bed, and then wait for her to come in - hoping that she would not look in the closet.
This reminds me of what many of us do with our lives. We clean up the outside of our lives hoping that no one will look into the "closet" where we have hidden our sins by rationalization and excuses and by blaming others for our own faults.
The problem is that while looking good on the outside, we remain well aware of the mess on the inside. The psalmist encourages us to submit to the cleaning inspection of God: "Search me, O God, and know my heart; try me, and know my anxieties; and see if there is any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting" (Psalms 139:24-25). Let 's invite Him to inspect and cleanse every corner of our lives.
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