Cleaning up The Mess

Monday, June 24, 2024

Messiah said we must become as a little child if we're to enter the kingdom. One of the first things you learned as a little child is that if you make a mess, clean it up. It's amazing how many of us have forgotten this simple rule as adults. In life, we make many messes- messes of relationships, in our congregations, our personal and private lives, and in our walks. We have messy devotional lives, sloppy about our quiet time and careless about cherishing the Word. If you make a mess, clean it up. Zacchaeus was a tax collector who made a lot of messes, but when he came to the Lord, he didn't say, "I'm forgiven, so I can forget about the messes." He said, "I'm forgiven, so all the more I have the responsibility to clean up my messes." Stop being so grown up and complicated. You've made some messes; clean them up. The Lord cleaned you up. Now it's time that you, by His grace, clean up your mess. Start cleaning up the mess today, and you, too, will become as wise as a little child.

From Message #370 - The Theology Of Childhood