Today is the first day of Spring!  We’ve had a lovely entry with temperatures unseasonably warm for the last couple of weeks.  I love it!  What word would you say is associated with Spring?  Fever?  True.  But how about Cleaning?  Spring and cleaning just go hand in hand. 

Once the sun is popping its warm rays into our windows, it reveals the dust that has accumulated during the winter months.  The wood stove, furnace or fireplace has special ways of causing many layers of dust to make their abode on every piece of furniture – as well as behind it, above it, and  below it, revealed in form of cobwebs and dust bunnies! 

It’s easy to let dust build up during the winter, considering that

1. We tend to sleep more in the winter.
2. It’s dark for more hours and the sun is often hidden, keeping us from really seeing the dust.
3. We tend to be a bit lazier in the winter months!

I wonder if our soul is in need of a spring cleaning? 

1. Are you “sleeping” to the work of the Spirit of God in your life?  By that I mean, are there things you know you should be doing, but you are pushing them aside instead of obeying?  Devotions, prayer, church attendance, for example.  
2. Is darkness closing in on you due to accepting things that you used to say “no” to?  Things like television shows that are filled with sinful lifestyles and ungodly language?  
3. Are you being lazy and wasting away time on the television or the Internet (Facebook or Pinterest)?  These can be time wasters, if we’re not careful.  

Proverbs 19:8 says that an idle soul shall suffer hunger.  The one who is idle is going to be wanting when trials come.  When hardships touch their life, they will have nothing in their heart from which to draw because of their idleness.  “Dust” has covered their soul and they are heavy laden with the dirt. 

We all need rest. We all need time to be leisure, but we must be careful that it doesn’t come to the point that our soul suffers from it.  If you’re seeing some “dust” rejoice that the Spirit of God is revealing it!  Then, with His strength, get rid of it.  You’ll feel clean, and will be ready to move into a new season of usefulness for the Lord!

Happy Spring (cleaning),