Spring Cleaning

Scripture Reading: Psalm 51:10


Spring Clean up for the Soul. “Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.” It’s spring, it’s time to clean our houses. Winter has been long and we start itching to revive our homes. Outside we see signs of new life, we long to bring that newness into our living areas. Most of us by turning our homes upside down, cleaning, taking things apart, scrubbing and scouring. We reach into every dark corner of our homes to make it presentable, fresh, and new. Sometimes we need to do the same thing with our spiritual house. We need to clean up our spiritual home and give it a good strong scrubbing. All of us grow stale sometimes and need a spiritual freshening up.

Our Spiritual Home:

“What know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost …” (1 Corinthians 6:9)

Things always get tucked away in our spiritual closet that aren't needed. We gather grime and dirt on our spiritual floors and walls. Every now and then we need to turn our spiritual homes upside down to clean it inside and out so we can present our bodies as “a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God.” (Romans 12:1) Let’s get started on that. Here are a few steps we need to take in the cleaning process.

Evaluate:

What do we need to do to clean our spiritual home? Only you know the areas that need cleaning up in your individual life. What needs to be improved? Evaluate everything you do and say and think. Is it pleasing to the Lord?

“And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus…” (Colossians 3:17)

Get Rid Of All Your Junk:

Are there things in your life that is just junk and cluttering up your life? Are there things getting in your way of serving Christ to your greatest potential? Are things like worry, anger, gossip, and bad habits cluttering up your life? If it’s something you should keep in your life it will pass the guidelines of:

Philippians 4:8 “Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.”

Get The Tools For Cleaning:

When you clean your house you get the tools to scrub, sweep and mop. All you need to clean your spiritual house is one tool, The Word of God. The all-purpose cleaner for our Spiritual Home.

“For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than a two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.” (Hebrews 4:12)

Gather Cleaners:

Cleaning requires all kinds of cleaners, window cleaners, waxes, floor cleaners, bleaches, and disinfectants. We only need one all-purpose cleaning agent. The forgiveness of God. It is guaranteed to cleanse all grime and dirt, which embodies itself as sin buildup.

“If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.” (1 John 1:9)

Get To Work!:

So, we have gathered all of our cleaning tools and supplies to clean our homes. Evaluated what work needed to be done and did nothing. What will we accomplish? We need to do the work, we have to use the supplies. The same is true with our spiritual homes. God gives us His Word and His precious forgiveness but we have to use them to keep our lives clean.

“Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.” (Psalm 119:11)

Determine To Keep It Clean:

When we finish cleaning our homes, we usually say, we’ll never let the clutter pile up that high again. We set our mind to it. We should do the same for our spiritual house. Determine not to let it get dirty again. The only way to accomplish this is to keep feasting on God’s Word. Be sensitive to the Holy Spirit to work in our lives.

“This I say then, walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh.” (Galatians 5:16)

Remember when cleaning our house, evaluate, get rid of all your junk, get the tools for cleaning, gather up your cleansers, get to work, and determine to keep it clean. The Holy Spirit lives in our house. Treat your home as if you have an honored guest. God dwells within us and wants to help us keep our home clean. It’s up to us. Do you have something in your Spiritual life that is cluttered? Is it time to clean your Spiritual house? If we walk in the Spirit those dust bunnies are easier to handle. Thank you Pastor Ron for inspiring this sermon.