Is your life orderly or a mess? Does it matter?
Is a messy life a godless life? Not exactly.
What one might consider unacceptable disorder another might consider a creative environment. I have lived both ways and believe a little disorder is acceptable. There is a line beyond which organization costs more than it’s worth—for example, alphabetizing your pantry arguably costs more energy than it saves, though my buddy Rick Bush swore by it.
Most of us are born disorganized—and creative people may thrive in a crazy environment. We like the cabinet doors open, paint colors visible, projects scattered everywhere, and Post-It notes festooned all over the office.
Nevertheless, as we grow in Christ, He gently helps us become organized.
We honor a schedule. We clean. We complete projects, we tie up loose ends. We give away things we might once have burned. And we never give up on friends.
Is your church ordered?
Paul encouraged believers to conduct ORDERLY worship. Why? Because “GOD IS NOT A GOD OF CONFUSION BUT OF ORDER,” 1 Corinthians 14:33.
Faith in an a God of Order created science.
When Sir Francis Bacon (1561 – 1627) and others realized GOD IS A GOD OF ORDER, they concluded that if God is ordered, His creation must be ordered. That is, creation must follow rules and we should be able to learn those rules through experimentation that yields repeatable results.
When Nehemiah oversaw the rebuilding of the walls of Jerusalem, he was organized.
Many of the people rebuilding the broken walls were assigned sections opposite their homes. Nehemiah did not send them all over town in some arbitrary way. Instead, he made each man responsible for the areas that would impact his family the most—the area nearest his house.
Even Jesus was neat.
On the biggest morning of His life, Jesus folded His graveclothes. Can you imagine? He got up and made His bed! On the day of His resurrection!
God, help us to glorify You by living lives that reflect the Godly attribute of ORDER.
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