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“Let all things be done decently and in order” (1 Corinthians 14:40).
We saw yesterday how God is a God of order, having all His creation running in perfect timing. He also loves beauty, as shown in the vast array of color and variety in the flowers, birds and creatures He has created. And now, as our verse today tells us, we need to be orderly as well.
Just a few years ago a man wrote a best-selling book entitled, “Make Your Bed.” He was an American “Navy Seal,” and he gave this advice to young people at a graduation. Basically, he was telling them that an orderly life is a productive one. In making your bed first thing every morning, you are starting the day off on the right foot. Your thoughts will be collected and your work productive, if you have order in your life. Of course, there is balance in all this, for if we get bogged down in the petty details of life, we will not get too far either!
The Lord has already given us this advice in His Word over two thousand years ago. And He has set an example as well! Everything in the Old Testament tabernacle had its orderly place…candlesticks placed here, tongs placed there, washing basins over there. How much easier life is when things are in order! And it makes us happy to do things this way as well, when we know that at the same time, we are pleasing the Lord Jesus. It is something to think about, and work on as a good habit in our lives.
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