The kitchen sink

            The chances are you've heard the saying, "throwing everything but the kitchen sink."  Well, I was driving down the road and what do you think was on the curb in front of a house?  Good guess... the kitchen sink.  This guy went to the limit.  He must not have held anything back.  I mean, come on.  He even threw out the kitchen sink.

            It got me to wondering though.  When it comes to our spiritual lives, we've got to throw out everything about ourselves, right down to the kitchen sink.  Our spiritual curb should look like we gutted our house and everything is going to the dump.  Because that is what He desires of us.  He wants the old man to be put off, to be put on the curb for pick up and disposal.  And then He can put on the new man.  Don't be afraid of loosing something about yourself that you like.  Even if you feel that it something good.  If you are to have it, He will give it back, but only better. 

            True, throughout our lives He has been shaping us.  We've been in certain situations that we've learned from.  We've learned skills, and techniques that are good.  But until we've thrown it all away and emptied ourselves completely, we can't be filled completely with Him.  Have you learned how to play an instrument?  If you have, it is not the instrument you throw out, it is who you play it for that goes.  Have you learned a trade?  Same thing. 

            Don't get me wrong.  There will be things that He doesn't want you to have back.  Things that He wants to stay dumped.  But what those things are may surprise you.  You might have spent the greater part of your life preparing yourself for a career that He doesn't want you in.  That could call for some major changes.  It may cause you some uncertainty.  But what is more certain... your plan or His?

            So get rid of everything, right down to the kitchen sink.  You can be sure that what He gives back will be better.

SDG