Free of Debris

There lay a few crumbled chips, a leftover sausage from last night's pizza, a few specks of dried up crusted bread and chocolate speckled remains from a brownie. This table would look so much more presentable if those things were not there causing a mess. It's so easy to just brush them onto the floor underneath the table and chairs and think, "Oh, I'll get em later with the vacuum." Often what happens though is we forget to sweep and remove it all right away thus causing buildup down below. Over time if it's left there it can get embedded into the tile/carpet from walking on it, kicking it aside with a foot or moving the chair on top of it so it isn't as noticeable. It's not until we get down on our knees and assess the real issue at floor eye level that we see how much more work we have caused ourselves now. Not only do we now have to spend extra labor and time moving each chair and scooting the whole table over to sweep up the crumbs we may notice stains that weren't there before. Perhaps if we had wiped the table crumbs off into our hand or rag and thrown them out when we first noticed them our mess wouldn't be so difficult to clean up. How often do we brush our crumbs off our own tables in our lives hoping no one will get down and see what lurks beneath the surface? Often we can fool those around us by presenting a surface free of clutter and crumbs but God has xray vision and sees through to the underneath side. In Psalms 32:5 it says, "Finally, I confessed all my sins to you and stopped trying to HIDE my guilt; I said to myself, "I will confess my rebellion to the LORD, And you forgave me, all my guilt is gone." In the moment we decide to stop trying to hide the crumbs on the floor or under a rug God can come in and sweep them away and his suction power is far greater then A DYSON and his power to remove embedded stains far outweighs RESOLVE STAIN SPRAY. Once we are cleaned below the surface it is then that we can start again with daily washing of the table after each meal and immediately throwing the crumbs away as opposed to letting them stick around. Just as we need to get on our knees to see the mess if/when it accumulates, Jesus speaks to us us in Ephesians 3:14-21 and says, "For this cause I BOW MY KNEES unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. Of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named. that he would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with might by the spirit in his inner man. That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith, that ye, being rooted and grounded in love. may be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length and depth and height. And to know the love of Christ which passeth all knowledge, that ye may be filled with all the fullness of God. Now unto Him who is able to do exceeding abundantly above all we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us. Unto Him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages world without end. Amen. "
wipe the crumbs and heartaches off the tables into Jesus' hands so in turn we can avoid having to call upon Him for an overwhelming mess that needs a deeper cleaning. Let's strive to keep our carpets and our tiles free of debris!