Fixing Holes

As we continue our journey of learning to “Walk in the Spirit,” we must remind ourselves to daily inspect our lives. I remember as a kid growing up I faced a daily inspection of our room. Now, realize that in our house the room inspection was rather simple…did you make your bed, and are all of your clothes put away? There were not very many days when I failed the inspection. So let’s get back to “Walking in the Spirit”—in the Bible we find many measurements that can be used to help us know if we are truly walking in the Spirit. Those include items in life that we are to avoid, characteristics that should be increasing in our lives on a daily basis, and gifts that will be operating through us as we walk down the path God has established for us. Each of these things is measurable, but do we take the time to evaluate them?

Last weekend it was beautiful here in Texas. I decided that it was a good day to clean the garage because through the winter a lot of leaves had blown into it, a lot of dirt had been brought in from our cars, and it was just a mess. So, seeing the mess, I realized that I had to get to work to put the garage back in order. I moved out the cars, began throwing out items that were no longer of any value, and finished up by hosing out the garage. When I finished, I was able to look into the garage and evaluate the great change that had taken place. Everything looked awesome, except for one thing I did wrong. As I was backing out, one of the cars hit one of our bike tires and turned it hard into the wall. No damage was done to the bike or the car wheel, but the tire knocked a hole in our garage drywall. Guess they just don’t make drywall as tough as they used to. I was frustrated that it happened, but it happened without any warning and I knew it wouldn’t be a difficult repair.

The same happens in life as I’m on this journey of Walking in the Spirit. I can go through a day, then look back and see all the wonderful, positive results of being obedient to the Holy Spirit’s direction in my life. But every so often there’s the one glaring thing I did out of step because I took the easy way, and I see the hole left as a result of doing it my way rather than God’s way. Now, the good news is that the hole can easily be repaired, but the bigger question is this: will I just ignore it, thinking it doesn’t matter? Ask me in a month if I fixed the hole in my garage. I want to ask you: are you fixing the holes revealed to you by the Holy Spirit in your journey of “Walking in the Spirit”?