What know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God and ye are not your own?. For ye are bought with a price, therefore, glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s. 1 Corinthians 6:19-20

Ungodly alliances, ungodly attachments, ungodly mindsets, ungodly thoughts; what lives in your house? Life’s most complicated issues are often a direct reflection of what we allow to live in our temple, our house. Friends and relations who mean us no good, negative self- talk, and attitudes that stop us before we even get started, clutter our existence with mindsets of unclean thoughts, convoluted ideas, and clouded vision.

Believers understand and perhaps accept they are forgiven, yet we are not whole. We don’t walk in the anointing or live the abundant lives Jesus died for because we’re fragmented spiritually, emotionally, and mentally. Our identity is distorted because we have no clue as to who we really are. We don’t look at ourselves as daughters of the King children of the Most High God.

Defenseless because we don’t have the faith to believe everything works out for our good we run like scared little children into the darkness that encompasses our souls. Not knowing why we’re here pushes us into feelings of not being accepted and disillusionment about our purpose. We wander around in a fog trying to fit in only to find we’ve traveled further away from our true destination.

The walls of our temple, our house, have been pummeled by the issues of life. The foundation is cracked and faulty because boundaries have been crossed and we’ve allowed the enemy into our camp through bad relationships, poor choices, and misguided steps. We’ve given him permission to invade our territory and mess up our house. The trash has piled up producing a heap of unwanted debris crowding out all the valuables we’ve stored on the inside.

Threatening our ability to be more Christ like, more like the women God intended, doubt, fear, lust, resentment and jealousy shaped by traumatic experiences of divorce, death, years of abuse, bankruptcy, rape and other tragedies of life have left us with pain we can’t describe; a purpose in peril. Hoarding disappointment, bitterness, anger and self- defeat we find ourselves unable to dig our way out. Longing for God’s presence we seek His promises only to be left on the side of the road feeling passed by.

Your position has been compromised and your power is lost. But I stopped here to tell you all things, even the bad, work together for the good of those who love God and are called according to His purposes. It’s time to clean out the clutter; time to get rid of the confusion, the disorder, the chaos. It’s time to rebuild the wall and kick the enemy out of your house as you build a clear line of defense against the adversary and your flesh.

The enemy’s desire, the enemy’s plan (yes he has plans for us too) was to keep me from experiencing all God had for me. He wanted to keep me wallowing in the pit of my despair with no hope and no reason to expect breakthrough. He wanted me to give in to the agony and the hurt I was feeling so he could get my eyes off Jesus and onto me and my issues. He wanted me to look away from what God was doing so I would never experience the fullness of joy God intended. He wanted my mind filled with my problems instead of God’s promises. Nevertheless I realized everything I’d been through didn’t destroy me! I was still here and God was calling me to something greater. The enemy couldn’t keep destiny down in my life as long as I didn’t allow him to control my thoughts and emotions. I stopped cursing my crisis because it was part of my ultimate destiny.

Clear the clutter from you house and discern God’s true will for your life. There’s purpose in the pain. Stop taking matters in your own hands because you can only see as far as your present but God can see into your future. God’s purpose will prevail if you let it. Don’t be your own worst enemy. Don’t stand in your own way.