DEcluttering your soul
part 3

Decluttering Your Soul Part 3

Anxiety

Who doesn’t occasionally store up fear and anxiety?

We worry about our health and our families, our finances, and our careers.

God invites us to get rid of the harmful emotion of anxiety. His Word tells us, Philippians 4, Not worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need and thank him for all he has done. God wants to purge the anxiety that fills our hearts and so He invites us to talk to Him about every concern. He even promises that we will experience His peace, His word tells us God’s peace will guard your hearts and minds as you live in Christ Jesus. Once we’ve given God all our worries, He will replace them with His peace. 

Bitterness

We’ve all been hurt/been offended. Whether by a friend, loved one or maybe even a stranger. People we may have relied on deserted us when we needed them the most. But that doesn’t mean we need to let hurt/anger bitterness pile up in our hearts.

The apostle Paul wrote in his letter to the Ephesians, “Get rid of all bitterness, rage, anger, harsh words, and slander, as well as all types of evil behavior. Instead, be kind to each other, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, just as God through Christ has forgiven you” God doesn’t want us to fill our hearts with bitterness and hate. After all, what kind of life is that? We may think we are punishing the other person by withholding our forgiveness, but storing up anger will only hurt us, stealing our joy. God gently reminds us that we don’t forgive because the offender deserves pardon, but because He has forgiven our sin. We forgive because we are forgiven by God.

Comparison

 Galatians 6:4 “Pay careful attention to your own work, for then you will get the satisfaction of a job well done, and you won’t need to compare yourself to anyone else.” He asks us to instead look at our own lives and our own work without attempting to measure them against others.

Soul Decluttering Step: Ask God to help you throw out your tendency to compare your life to
others. And be grateful for the life we have/God has given us.

So, again take some time to assess what you’ve stored in your heart. And ask God to remove the sin, shame, anxiety, bitterness, and comparison tendencies that pile up in the corners of your soul. And instead fill our hearts with His joy, love, peace and grace.