Hard Drive Dilemma
Theme of the Week: A Heart for Holiness
Wednesday, May 25, 2005
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Key Bible Verse: Fix your thoughts on what is true and honorable and right. Think about things that are pure and lovely and admirable … excellent and worthy of praise (Philippians 4:8). Bonus Reading:Ephesians 6:10-12
When I bought my computer two years ago, I thought a 40 GB hard drive would be plenty big. But soon, with bigger programs and my penchant for keeping things, I found it nearly filled. After checking into the cost of upgrading my hard drive, I realized there had to be another answer: cleaning out the garbage. When I did so, I found that more than half the space had been taken by stuff I didn't need anymore!
What about my brain? For 50 years I'd been stuffing information into it. Could my gray matter be needing a storage upgrade? Or did it also just need a good cleaning? I asked God to show me. He revealed sin areas that were putting stress on my operating system, pointed out past offenses still stored there, and showed me erroneous thoughts still logged in my memory bank.
Through repentance, I moved all that garbage to the recycling bin and clicked to empty it. Up popped a message asking if I was sure I wanted to permanently eliminate those files. My fingers hesitated as the enemy whispered in my ear all the reasons I should hang on to that stuff. But God's voice was stronger; I clicked the yes button.
—Rod Nichols in Washington
My Response: I'll ask God to reveal the garbage that needs to be deleted from my mind.
Thought to Apply: Spring cleaning should begin with the head and end with the heart.—SOURCE UNKNOWN
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