Get Your House In Order!

"Get your house in order!"  How often have we head that phrase?  How often have we actually applied those words to our lives?  Well, I can't remember when the first time I heard this phrase, but recently felt impressed to get my "house" in order.  I initially thought of the obvious...organize my closet, clean out the garage, balance my checkbook!  But the more I looked beyond the obvious the more I realized how much more there is to my "house". 

My Spiritual House ~ When I looked at where I am spiritually I realized that my spiritual house could use some work.  I needed to be more consistent in my quiet time and bible reading.  When you look at your spiritual house is it in order?  Are you happy with where you are in your spiritual life; in your own walk with God?  If not, don't wait another day...Get Your House In Order!

My Physical House  ~ Now is the time to get this "house" in order.  Oh but you say..."I'm too busy"; "It's too late to change my habits"!   This is one house you don't want to wait to get in order. 

"Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own, for you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body. " (1 Cor. 6:19-20)  I think this passage of scripture says it all!  We have to get (and keep) our bodies in order.  When I fail to take care of my body, I fail to glorify God in this area of my life.  This is not about fitting into a size 2!  It is about taking good care of the vessel we have been given.  What are you feeding your body?  What are you doing to make sure that your body is geting enough exercise?  What habits do you need to get rid of that are hurting your body?  Are you getting enought SLEEP!!! 

Do you realize that when you don't take care of you, God is limited with what He can do through you?  Get Your House In Order! 

My Family/Relationships House ~  Okay...so I know you are wondering what in the world is this?  In looking at the areas of my life that I needed to get in order,  God brought the focus to my family and relationships.  I asked myself the following questions: "Is my marriage where I want it to be?"; "What can I do to be an even better parent?"; "Am I holding on to unforgiveness in any of my relationships?"  Not easy questions to ask yourself, but I was ready to roll up my sleeves and get to work in this area!  Unlike the other "houses" this house requires you to work on not only yourself but also on your relatioships. 

"Put on then, as God's chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience, bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive. And above all these put on love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony."  (Colossians 3:12-14)   

I promise you that when you begin to do the work in these areas, you will begin to move foward in your life with so much more confidence.  There is something about knowing that your house is in order that allows you to freely move into what God has for you next!  So...what are you waiting on?  GET YOUR HOUSE IN ORDER!  

What are some of the "houses" God is asking you to get in order?