Throw Away

And a time to throw away; ( Eccl. 3:6d)

Ezekiel 20:7
Then I said to them, ‘Each of you, throw away the abominations which are before his eyes, and do not defile yourselves with the idols of Egypt. I am the LORD your God.

Hebrews 10:34-36(ESV)³⁴ For you had compassion on those in prison, and you joyfully accepted the plundering of your property, since you knew that you yourselves had a better possession and an abiding one. ³⁵ Therefore do not throw away your confidence, which has a great reward. ³⁶ For you have need of endurance, so that when you have done the will of God you may receive what is promised.

I'm sure each of you know that there are just some things that have to go!  I'm talking about the things that cannot be recycled; you know things like spoiled milk, meat that has gone bad, dead pets, destructive relationships, or even destructive habits.  All of these things have a way of stinking up your life and you just have to get rid of them.  When you think about it, or review some the things I listed they are all things that are dead, or decaying....keeping in theme with today's topic the truth is WE ALL GOT STUFF WE NEED TO THROW AWAY!  I mean if you've seen one episode of HOARDERS the whole time you are thinking to yourself or even talking to the screen saying THROW IT AWAY!  You can't believe what it is that people hold on to, you think to yourself that is ridiculous they know they need to get rid of some of that junk.  But what about  you?   If GOD (cause he really is) looks at your life, are there somethings that HE thinks you need to throw away?

See the second scripture is GOD speaking through the prophet Ezekiel to the people asking them to , no telling them they need to throw away the things that are gross, stinky, stale before the Lord...and I too had to wrestle with this many years ago when I decided to get rid of music and movies that I knew were not the things I wanted to watch or listen to with my kids or or GOD.   Cause the truth is...if it's not good enough for them....we need to evaluate why is it we even have it, and why are we treasuring it...even hoarding it.....let's get rid of it. 

Choose today to choose GOD!  Choose holiness over hoarding.  Make sure that you're discarding those things that hinder your ability to worship and allow GOD full disclosure of your life.  Now there are some things that don't spoil and shouldn't be discarded; love, patience, meekness, kindness, righteousness, faithfulness, endurance to name a few....that are non-perishable....that we can hold on to, so that we can continue to rely on GOD for o help us LOVE HIM, and LOVE PEOPLE!  LGLP