My children were little and I revolved my career around their needs. As a result I was strapped for money but that didn’t stop me from wanting things and I wanted a Baker’s rack. I prayed about it and gave that desire to God.
Soon after I heard from the Holy Spirit that I needed to decide where I wanted to place the Baker’s rack and clean the spot where it was to go. So I did that and went on about my business which was taking care of my children and working as a nurse.
One day I was driving home from church and I felt that the Holy Spirit wanted me to stop by Walmart. So I did. Then for some reason I felt led to the garden department. I didn’t need any flowers so I didn’t know why I needed to go there until I saw it. A Baker’s rack in the middle of the garden department.
I asked the clerk how much it was. They said it was free. I insisted on paying a little bit of money for it and they agreed and then put it into my minivan.
I didn’t know how I was going to get it out of my minivan but that afternoon two young men came by who were trying to sell me a cable television package. I told them I would buy the package if they would unload my Baker’s rack. They did and I got my Baker’s rack right where I had prepared a place for it.
That was such a sweet thing for God to do for me. Even though my husband left me I never felt as if God did. He loved me as my husband should have and kept me safe from harm and provided for.
Today He brought this memory back to my mind and He impressed upon my heart another application for it. To receive my baker’s rack I had to prepare a place in my house for it.
I think it is more important to prepare a place in our hearts for God’s love. Clean out the bitterness, wrath, anger and evil speaking in our hearts so we don’t make the Holy Spirit grieve as the Bible cautions us not to do in Ephesians 4:31.
God is a guest in our hearts. He will not come in without an invitation but once He is there I think it may be important that He lives in a house which does not reek of the devil.
What kind of cleaning do you need to do to make God feel at home in your heart?
