What's In Your Crack?

Years ago I used to love candy.  Still do in a way, however I have found if I don’t buy it I won’t eat it.  I remember a time I had some Jolly Ranchers on the counter by the TV set.  I started to notice ants and so I took the Jolly Ranchers and through them away.  You see the candy was attracting the ants, an unwanted pest, into my home.

After a week or so I noticed the ants were still coming.  I thought, that’s odd, seeing how I have rid myself of the thing which was attracting the ants.  I figured they were still following their old trails looking for something to devour.  However a few days later they were still coming.  I began looking around and found a piece of candy I had overlooked.  It was hidden in the crack between the counter and the TV.  I had not searched it out hard enough.  The ants were still coming because I had not completely rid my counter of the very thing they were attracted towards.

Made me think about us as Christians.  We often come and get saved.  We will even go to throwing away all of our “worldly” music and pour our alcohol down the drain.  I know I am not the only one here!  But do we take the time to take the Word of God to our heart, and really search out the hidden sins in our life: strife, jealousy, envy, deception, gossip, backbiting, murder by words, the pornographic images no one sees, the continued relationship you know is wrong for you, and you think no one knows about…..? 

What is the LORD needing you to “get out of the cracks” today?  Have you searched His Word and applied it to your heart? (not pointing the finger elsewhere)  Or do you still have ants coming, and wondering why they keep coming into your life?