.Is
It Time For Inventory?
Pastor Dave Whittaker,
Washington
We are approaching another Resurrection Sunday, which for
all of us is a time of renewal. This
means it is a time for all of us to take full inventory, a time to purge all of
the things that are wrong for us, that stand in our way of progress, and then
take on those things that will improve our lives, and help us to climb to the
next level in our spiritual walk. I get
this today, because the Father, Son and the Holy Spirit had a meeting, and
after seeing the church, said the people need to get to work before it is too
late, and do a complete makeover so as to get on track.
If we are going to do a remodeling of our dwelling place,
or work place, and we only concentrate on one part of our place, while the
completed project looks good,
it is still an old house or building.
If you were a maker of wine, and you put the new wine in
an old bottle, you
have ruined the wine you worked so hard to produce, because the old bottle was
no good inside, and the finished product was unusable and had to be
discarded. So it is with the
church. (You and I are the church). It is because of our nature, that full
inventory must be done on a regular basis, and we must go through a complete
makeover, frequently, to make sure that we are not inwardly contaminated.
Because, if contamination is present in any part of us, we cannot be used of
God as we want to be, or as He wishes to use us. It does no good to purge just one thing,
because we often do not realize what all is inside of us. We don't take time to
find out.
The Holy Spirit has been commissioned to do the makeover
in the church body. That means, taking us down to the very foundation, beginning the
purging process. Do we like the idea? NO!
Because we kind of like us just the way we are. We enjoy being able to criticize,
to judge, to harbor un-forgiveness, etc. That's our nature, but Heavenly Father
says, you can't stay that way and be a successful Christian. There's no room in
Heaven for any of the old ways.
When the new house is completed, it is more beautiful than you
can ever imagine, and great rejoicing can take place at what God has
given. Begin today, the remodeling
process and see what will transpire in your life, you won't be sorry, and
Heaven will rejoice.
Happy Resurrection day, with my love.
Pastor Dave
