The Lord blessed me tremendously this past week.  I was able to buy a beautiful home for a great price.  Anyway, this post is not about the home I bought.  Rather, it’s about the apartment from which I’m moving. 

For the past couple of days, I have been packing, stuffing, organizing and moving my belongings out of my apartment.  During this process, I have noticed certain areas in my apartment that were extremely dirty.  As I moved furniture to and fro, I found many hidden corners that were never cleaned during the entire year I lived there.  I thought to myself, “How did I overlook these areas in my house?  Why didn’t I take the time to clean them?” 

As I sat back and thought about the corners in my apartment, my mind was drawn to the scripture in which God compares our hearts to temples or houses.  I began to think about the corners of my inner house/temple and how often I don’t take the time to clean them.  I thought about how easy it is to clean the big stuff sitting on the floor, on the table, or on the counter top, but, it takes extra time and effort to clean the corners.  As I examined my heart, I became convicted of the lack of effort to keep my  inner corners clean.  It seems like corners are the places where we push everything we don’t have time to deal with or don’t want to deal with.  We believe, because other people can’t see it, then, somehow, it must not be there.  We believe, if we keep it out of sight, then we don’t have to worry about it.  Many times, it’s just small things, but we must remember it’s the small foxes that spoil the vine.  God is a big God, but He is interested in small things.  God never wanted us to stuff the corners of our lives with junk we were afraid to deal with.  Just because it’s out of sight does not mean it’s out of our hearts.

I challenge you to evaluate the corners of your heart and make sure every area of your heart is washed clean.  Don’t let things accumulate in the corners of your heart, because it’s harder to get rid of the longer it stays there.

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