The wise man says, “When thou goest to the house of God..., " then proceeds to tell us how to act when we enter in. But I believe there are some things we should take care of before our entrance into His sanctuary. I think C.S. Lewis says it best when he writes, “If we cannot lay down our [temperamental] tastes along with other carnal baggage, at the church door, surely we should at least bring them in to be humbled and, if necessary, modified, not to be indulged.”
The old-timers would leave their horses tied-up outside the church; they didn’t bring them into God’s house with them. Well, I think if we left some things outside the church before entering in, such things as a bad attitude, pharisaical spirit, worldly thoughts, etc., we would ride a fresh mount home, instead of the tired, old nag we rode in on.
God only makes things new after the old things are passed away. If you really want to get clean, leave your soiled garments outside the wash house door. After you have bathed and dried off, you’ll find a fresh set of clothes awaiting you. Also thrown in will be a nice bottle of cologne or perfume that will give you an odour of a sweet smell before both God and man. Then it can be said of us also, “…he (or she) went on their way rejoicing.”
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