CLEARING OUT

Isaiah 43:19 NLT For I am about to do something new. See, I have already begun! Do you not see it? I will make a pathway through the wilderness. I will create rivers in the dry wasteland.

The other evening I had a mad moment and decided to have a grand clear out of various drawers, and in the process I discovered I needed to throw away some old socks!🤣 

How about you? Have you done any clearing lately? Maybe it would be good to have a sorting out of our mental cupboards. Those things that have cluttered up our minds recently, or for decades. Old worn out thoughts or ways of doing things which can be hard to let go of they’re so familiar, or hurts or offences we’re hanging on to, maybe without even realising it.

There may be resentments or frustrations that pile up and then something happens which is the last straw! I’m sure we all know what that’s like!😊 Those are the kinds of things that hinder us and steal our peace.

Maybe at the bottom of our sock drawer there are some old prejudices that crop up when we least expect them to, or we have a wardrobe of old attitudes that went out of fashion years ago but we still keep wearing them?

Whatever we have in the closet of our minds, let’s allow the Lord to show us what they are and be willing to finally let them go. If we do what He says it will make room for all the lovely new things He wants us to enjoy, but we have to clear some space first.😊

Our verse encourages us to know God has new ideas, new thoughts, maybe new ways to do things, new people and new paths to take us out of any wilderness we’ve been stuck in.

We were reminded last week that nothing is hidden from God, so now would be a good time to let Him help us have a grand clear out, don’t you think? And look out for the new strength, new joy and peace, new things God wants us to experience in our lives when we do.😊 In Jesus name. Amen.

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