Life Lesson: House Cleaning

Once in a while whenever I get time and felt the need I would clean up my house. As a family, we all coordinated together to serve together to take care of our Home Sweet Home. My wife has her responsibilities, so also all my cousin brothers, my children, and I myself too. We have no servant to help us in any household matter. We ourselves have been doing all the household chores, and prefer to do it this way. Even my children have assignment for house cleaning on Saturdays and holidays besides the daily folding of clothes and washing their eating vessels. Its for our learning and perfecting. This is our family life and we love it this way.

As time goes by, dust easily settles on the furnitures in the house, including the ceiling fans. When it becomes so obvious I could not tolerated the sight of it. So I planed for a time when I would be free to do the cleaning work. My family members help me too. 

Day before yesterday, I felt the urgent need and spent about two hours cleaning up all the furniture with the fans. With sweat in a humid weather, I was joyfully cleaning the house. I am glad that the Lord gave me a house to live in and it is my responsibility to maintain it. Even when a brother called me for prayer and pursuing, I did it as I kept cleaning the house. The prayer and pursuing was done over the phone, so I put my headset on and continued with my work, praying and listening to the reading of the truth. Even before and after this pursuing, I was enjoying the Life-study of Ephesians, Radio broadcast, three messages in a row. Outwardly cleaning and inwardly enjoying the word of God. In this way, the house was cleaned and my inward being was also cleansed through the word of God.

Last Lord's day evening, the brothers assigned me to speak in an online seekers' meeting for Marathi speaking seekers. The burden of the message was on dealing with the heart and conscience. The message I ministered was also what I experienced in my life. The Lord has been dealing with my inward being and cleansing me day by day. He does this because He loves me and is gaining me gradually. What I ministered was also what I have been experiencing these days.

My house furniture cleaned up by dusting, and wiping with wet clothes in water. So was my inward cleansing was with the precious blood of the Lord Jesus and by the washing of the water in the word.

1 John 1:7

But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from every sin. 

Ephesians 5:26

That He might sanctify her, cleansing her by the washing of the water in the word.

May I continously be cleansed as I am also easily contaminated by things surrounding me, as one still being in the world as a man. I need His cleansing day by day. Lord, thank You for Your precious blood and Your precious word for my cleansing.