“Then Samuel addressed the house of Israel:
“If you are truly serious about coming back to GOD, clean house.
Get rid of the foreign gods and fertility goddesses, ground your-
selves firmly in GOD, worship him and him alone, and he’ll save
you from Philistine oppression.””
1 Samuel 7:3 MSG
Don’t be lazy in serving God. We want the vacuum cleaners that run on their own. We want the dishwashers that all we have to do is hit the start button. We want the washing machines that clean our clothes with the touch of a single button. But sometimes we have to pull an old-fashioned broom and dustpan out of the closet and use a little elbow grease to get the cleaning done. And sometimes we have to walk throughout the house emptying the garbage cans and then take them to the curb.
God and God alone saves us. Never forget that. But we have an active part in the taking out the trash.
“You were taught, with regard to your former way of life, to put off your old self, which is being comrrupted by its deceitful desires; to be made new in the attitude of your minds; and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness.”
Ephesians 4:22-24 NIV
~ Michael D Simpson
