Yep, that's right! The little critters have invaded our sanctuary! Our home! I hate them! I'm petrified of the little monsters! They just give me the heebie jeebies!
Do you have mice in your life? Little nasty critters that creep in the dark hidden corners of your house...your life...
1 Corinthians 4:5 Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts: and then shall every man have praise of God.
One day, when we stand before the Lord, all those hidden nasty little critters (our hidden sins) that we think no one knows about are going to be revealed...Psalms 44:21 Shall not God search this out? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart...as a matter of fact, we don't have to wait to stand before the Lord! He already knows everything about us...every little thought, desire, sin, our weaknesses...He knows!
Luke 6:45 A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is evil: for of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh. Just like my mice in my house, they could hide and run when they heard Jonathan or me walking around, but eventually, their "tracks" were going to be discovered! The same goes in our lives. We can keep a clean "house." Everything in its place, beautifully decorated, but sooner or later, those mice that you didn't catch or take care of are going to come out of the cupboard or cracks and show their faces!
So...you know what you do when you have mice? You lay traps! You get a cat! You take every precaution you can to defend your home from those filthy vermin! The same goes for our lives as Christians...
2 Corinthians 4:2 But have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God.
One thing that has helped me overcome some "mice" in my life lately is this verse:
Philippians 4:8 Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.
That's right...thinking on the things that are true...God's Word especially...things that are honest...things that are just...things that are pure...things that are lovely...things that are of a good report...simply praising the Lord...thinking on these things!
Hebrews 4:12 For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged 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.
Think of the Word of God as your trap or your cat! It's going to take those mice and destroy them in their tracks! Remember: Once you get rid of them, don't drop your guard down because those mickeys are always looking for a nice dark corner to hide in...1 Peter 5:8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour: ...just seeking for a way to nibble on your Christian life! Let's take a stand against the mice in our lives! :)
4 comments:
LoL you can take anything and turn it into a DEVO ;) very good post, Love you!!
Great analogy!!! And I can totally sympathize with you...we moved into an apartment in my in-law's walk-out basement the fall after we were married..... apparently that's when the nasty little things like to move inside! :S We caught 15 mice in just a few days!!!!!! :P ICK ICK ICK!!!!!!!! One night I was putting away groceries and the traps in the nearby cupboards started going off like popcorn....not gonna lie, I sat on the kitchen floor and cried!!!!! :) Haha. I'm a wuss when it comes to tons of mice invading my kitchen. But we haven't dealt with them since!! Praise God! :) Hope you get your mice (literal AND spiritual) cleaned out soon!! :)
Rachel...so far we haven't caught 15 at one time! But 2!!! Woohoo!!!!
Rebekah, You know all that training at West Coast, I had to know how to put a good DEVO together! hahahhahaa!!!! Love you!
That's some pretty good preachin' there, Jennifer. ;)
Just to set your mind at some ease, my cousin has a problem with shrews at her home in Alaska. Look up THOSE little critters sometime. She caught over twenty in just a matter of a few days. They had come here for a few months for the holidays and when they got back they had been infested with them. UGH!
~Kristi
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