It is amazing to me, with all of my corruptness and uncaring attitude at times, how a perfect and caring God can still love me. His patience overwhelms my understanding, and I ask myself, “Why does God forgive me over and over again?” The answer is clear. God is perfecting me. He’s cleaning house.
God knows my personality, disposition, and shortcomings better than me, yet He loves so deeply that He is willing to work with me in ridding myself of the old sin nature and seize the new image of Christ. He’s cleaning house.
Because of Gods longsuffering and potency, He assists in my ongoing efforts to purge myself of things that easily beset me. This allows a Christ-like nature to develop; taking on the character and moral fiber of the Lord. I become more like Jesus by cleaning house.
(Matthew 11:28-30), “Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.” v.29 “Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.” v.30 “For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.”
As God teaches the importance of never giving up, but to keep pressing onward, He builds within each Christian a resilience that enables the flesh to resist old nature habits and sin, and to become the victor over them. He subsequently gives more of Himself. This comes through cleaning house.
(James 4:7-8), “Therefore submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you.” v.8 “Draw near to God and He will draw near to you…”
God is the potter and I am the clay. He is molding and making me into something beautiful; a pleasing vessel that God is perfecting through His gentle touch. The kneading and smoothing away of rough edges assure me that He is cleaning house.
When we come to God just as we are, He makes us perfect in Christ. In my eyes I am far from perfect, but God sees me through the perfection of the Lord Jesus, because my self righteous imperfections are as filthy rags in His sight.
(Isaiah 64:6), “But we are all like an unclean thing, and all our righteousness are like filthy rags; we all fade as a leaf, and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.”
As the Holy Spirit enables me to pick myself up after a fall, one by one the hidden sins and habits are removed. The nature of Christ begins to shine forth, because God is cleaning house.
God the Father, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit abide within those that invite them into their heart. Our body becomes a dwelling place for the Trinity. The Holy Spirit immediately begins the task of sweeping out the old sin nature and making room for the new nature of Christ. You guessed it. He’s cleaning house.
(Revelation 3:20), “Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him, and dine with him, and he with Me.”
Papa Boyd
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