Good Morning Sunshine! It’s Time to Clean Up!

Matthew 23:23-26 NIV ~ “Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You give a tenth of your spices-mint, dill and cumin. But you have neglected the more important matters of the law-justice, mercy and faithfulness. You should have practiced the latter, without neglecting the former. [24] You blind guides! You strain out a gnat but swallow a camel. [25] “Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence. [26] Blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup and dish, and then the outside also will be clean.”

The William Brothers sing a song called, “Sweep Around” the moral of the song is for you to clean up around your own house before you start looking at someone’s else’s house! Don’t be like the Pharisees, don’t be a hypocrite! When it comes to the heart, your heart, surface cleaning will not work; your Father wants you clean! It’s time to do some deep cleaning and you need to get your business straight that you might be free and only a deep cleansing can do that for you!

Have you ever wasted something in a small tight place and if you didn’t get it up, it would leave stain and an odor, so you had to move some things around so that you could get in there and do some deep cleaning? Well, that’s what needs to take place in your head, heart and house, the Holy Spirit needs to work in that place to get rid of the stuff that has caused an odor because you didn’t do a deep cleaning, you just have been surface cleaning! You do know that there is a difference between cleaning and cleansing? “Cleaning is the act of making something clean on the inside. Cleansing is to clean something thoroughly, to rid it of unwanted, unpleasant and sometimes unseen by the natural eye.” God wants to cleanse you of what is seen and what is not seen.

When it comes to your heart, your Father is not just content with a quick wipe down, as a matter of fact, when He starts cleansing you the process could get a little dirty, it just depends on how long it has been since you have had a cleansing or if you ever had a deep cleansing. As a son or daughter of God, you have to be clean, and you can’t just clean your outside surfaces because it feels good, and you know where everything is anyway! It’s time to get over what’s comfortable! You have got to be willing to open up the cluttered places in your mind, open up the curtains and expose the residue that has been clogging up your heart. You must be willing to go down on your knees in prayer and delve deep down in the muck and mire for a deep spiritual cleansing can take place. You will need faith in this process!

It’s in this place and process that the hidden things are exposed. It’s the place where you think God can’t go, but I want you to know, that His Grace and Mercy can go and fit in anywhere at any time, He just wants your permission to go, He won’t force Himself on you! He knows exactly what place in your heart needs His thorough cleaning and healing Power. There is nothing that you can put on the outside of you, that can hide your spiritual blemishes on the inside of you!

Today, I want you to ask God, and before you ask Him, make sure you really want what you are asking Him, don’t pretend or do it for show or for someone else. Do it because you love God and you want what He has given you, His Freedom! Ask God to ask do a full, deep cleansing in your heart, ask Him to remove pride, meanness, guilt, shame, fear, your weaknesses, and to destroy any and all of your false sense of securities. And just so you know, it’s going to be painful, after all some of those things have been there for a long time. Yes, this makeover is going to truly clean and cleanse you, from the inside out! And this makeover is for everybody, man, woman, boy or girl! You will all be free!  so many times, in this life we preach a thing and that we don’t practice (live). We look for loopholes to get us around what God demands, we seek unwarranted advice and approval from ungodly people, and we do things for show (entertainment), Galatians 6:7, “Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows.” Stop entertaining and let God enter into your hearts. It is time to take heed and to take Jesus Christ at His Words and take them to heart!

Ask yourself these two questions daily, what do I need to change so that Jesus Christ, words about being a hypocrite want to apply to me? What can I do to bring Glory to Jesus Christ Name?

Let’s Pray:
Father, Thank You for allowing me to see another day! Father, I repent right now for just scratching the surface; I desire to go deeper with You. Father, create in me a clean heart, I don’t just want to look good on the outside, but I want to know that my inside is what you desire. Lead me by Your divine desires and directions. Father, give me a heart that desires to pray at all times. Help me to be time conscious and disciplined when it comes to studying Your Word more! Father may Your plan, purpose and processes always go before me and my agenda, my plan is whatever Your plan is! Father, I don’t want to be a hypocrite, I will not be clean on the outside and my insides are in total chaos. Father cleanse me from the inside out and that I may resemble You more and more each and every day as I spend time in your Presence. In the Name of Jesus Christ. Amen!

Blessings…
Minister Jean