While recovering from gallbladder surgery, I mentioned to my wife that I needed to clean up my office because it had become so cluttered that it made it very difficult to work in it. The desk was filled with mail, both good and junk. Papers were everywhere, and cameras and lenses littered the rest of the desk. I had to push aside a pile of stuff just to have a place to write or even type.

My desk reminds me of my life in many ways. Becoming cluttered with all the things in this world happens without any thought or planning. Just living each day, things tend to clutter our minds, hearts, and lives. It begins to crowd out things that are so important to the point that we are dealing with things that do not matter and forgetting the things that really mean something. Life clutter or heart clutter pushes the Lord aside to the point that we are living but not realizing how much we have allowed our worship, fellowship, and time with God has fallen away.

I would show you a picture of my office before the cleanup, but I am embarrassed to do so. Was it easy to clean up? No! Did it take time? Yes! But it really began with a decision to declutter so I could enjoy the freedom found in removing all the clutter and focusing on having a place to work.

Life’s clutter begins to disappear when we decide to push unimportant things aside and focus on what is important: our relationship with our Lord and Saviour. Remove what is keeping you from spending time with the Lord. Stop, look, examine, and remove the clutter from your life, heart, and mind. Focus on Jesus and the joy will return to living for the Lord.

Colossians 3:1-2 KJV “3:1 ¶ If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.3:2 Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.”