Taking Out the Trash.

I just took out the trash. When I took out the trash it was dark, so originally I didn't want to drag the cans out to the street. Although I didn't feel like taking out the trash I did it anyway because I knew it was necessary. You need to take trash out of your house because it smells, also there nothing uplifting and exciting about old banana peels. Plus when you miss trash day and you will have two weeks’ worth of trash pilling up in your trash cans, it takes up space and on the next trash day you have to do extra work to take all the trash to the curb. Therefore it makes a lot of sense to take out the trash on time, because it helps the house stay clean. Also when your trash cans are empty and friends come to visit, it shows them that you took time to clean up for them and make your home special and fresh.

I know you might be thinking, what is Selah talking about!! NO, I have not gotten a job at the dump or picking up trash. I was just thinking about this in relation to Christ and how it can be used as a teaching point.

Each of us has our homes (bodies). We are commanded to take care of our bodies and be good stewards of what we have been given. I was considering this while dragging cans to the front yard... We need to clean ourselves and take out our trash daily, from a spiritual standpoint. As Christians we can't just let our sin and trash pile up and hit the point where we ignore it and just live in filth. We should be observant in what we are letting into our hearts and minds and making sure that we are cleaning out the sin (taking out the trash). It's such an important part of our lives, to ask for forgiveness from Christ and strive to follow His pure example. Often times when it comes to dealing with trash in reality I want to say to my mom, "I'll take out the trash later", Sometimes when I say I'll do it later I forget about it. Therefore I bring myself to consider, have I forgotten to take out my inward trash and sin. If I don't make sure that I am clean inside, then why is it important to take out the garbage for my parents?

One of my points is that we take the trash to the curb every week so we don't have an overflow. It's the same idea with our sin and baggage that we hold onto. We need to make sure that we aren't holding onto jealousy, anger, and hate. Those things can really burden us and make taking out the inward trash hard. We need to make sure that we are reviewing ourselves so that we can strive to be a clean and good example of Christ!

It's the same idea for when you have special guests staying at your home, you take out the trash! You want your home to be presentable for others. If you're a Christian, Christ dwells in you! We take out the trash for our parents. Why can't we take out the trash for Christ?

These were just my thoughts one dark Wednesday night while hauling some garbage cans. I hope this post has challenged you to clean your heart and take out your trash! God bless you!