SPRING CLEANING FOR CHRISTIANS | throwing things away

                             

Throwing Away Things From Your Past:

For those of you that are beginning your journey in this walk of Faith, I wanted to make you aware of something that is extremely important. GETTING RID OF THINGS FROM YOUR LIFE OF SIN.

I know this might sound radical and extreme but its so critical and important that once you take up your cross and walk in faith, that you do a PHYSICAL SPRING CLEANING for your soul. Ive seen blogs out here about Spring Cleaning For the Soul and those are very good to read as well especially for those that need to get rid of the clutter in their hearts. But lets try another approach to this spring cleaning for the soul, CUTTING THINGS OFF AT THE ROOTS.

• Do you have old diaries, clothes, photographs, objects, or anything that reminds you of a certain person, place, or thing from your past?

• When you look at those things or actually hold them, what is the first thing that comes to mind?

• Do you go back to a certain day when you used them before you got saved, or maybe someone you used to know gave them to you?

Well im here to say throw these things away!! I know it may be hard and you might have things you loved with all your heart but think about this man in the bible whenever you feel as though you dont want to give certain things up :

Matthew 19

²⁰The young man saith unto him, All these things have I kept from my youth up: what lack I yet?

²¹ Jesus said unto him, If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come and follow me.

²² But when the young man heard that saying, he went away sorrowful: for he had great possessions.

²³ Then said Jesus unto his disciples, Verily I say unto you, That a rich man shall hardly enter into the kingdom of heaven.

²⁴ And again I say unto you, It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.

For example: I used to own a denim jacket that I wore everywhere before I got saved. When I say everywhere I mean everywhere through everything. There were times when I was lonely wearing that jacket, angry, in sin, wherever you name it, that was my jacket. And it was sooo cute.

So ONE DAY AFTER AFTER BEING SAVED i was picking out an outfit and I wanted to wear this jacket. So im getting ready, i have the outfit all picked out and ready to go and when I placed my hand on the jacket , (not expecting to feel anything) it immediately took me back to a dark place in my past. I was literally standing there for over 2 minutes daydreaming about everything I ever did in that jacket and a mixture of emotions came over me, anger, hurt, pain. And i said to myself, "this jacket has spirits on it". It hurt me to the core to have to put that thing in the trash but I did and i immediately felt a weight lifted off my shoulders.

Before I got saved I wasn't as sensitive to this issue as I am now but I was aware of it. There are spirits everywhere, in all things.
 I use to battle with the question : "what is a spirit" some people say we are spirits, But i believe spirits live in things. Just like the Holy Spirit lives in those that are baptized in the water and saved by the blood of Jesus.
It sounded crazy at first but even OBJECTS can carry spirits. To me a spirit is a FEELING that can enter in your mind, your heart, or your soul and effect you and those around you physically, mentally, emotionally, or SPIRITUALLY.

 Im not saying throw away all your clothes like I did. But if you have any objects that you KNOW in your heart are connected to certain memories or people that you ought not to be reminded of. THROW IT AWAY and you will feel the burden being lifted off your shoulders.

Do a spring cleaning in your room, look under your bed, top shelves, closets, laundry baskets and throw away those things that remind you of sin. Things an bad friend brought you, stolen items, things that smell like certain things, things that make you cry, angry, reminisce on a bad day. And remember the Lord Jesus makes all things new.

LUKE 6:38 - Give , and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down , and shaken together , and running over , shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again