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By
my definition DUST is Doing Useless
Simple Things. DUST
is like choosing to do the things that don’t really
need to be done, when you have something else you are
supposed to do. Dust is that accumulation of very fine
little stuff that doesn’t amount to much but makes
everything covered by it appear that it has not been
touched.
Webster
says to “gather dust” by definition to be
ignored or neglected. A more fitting definition in our
case would be to neglect what we are supposed to do
and to do the useless simple things.
(Going to the store to find something you think you
might need. Having an imaginary conversation with someone,
thinking you can control the outcome with your comments.)
What
do you do with a situation that is covered with DUST?
You CLEAN.
C-Confess
Confess to God and learn what He says. 1 John 1:9, “If
we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will
forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.”
Ps. 90:12, “Teach us to number our days aright,
that we may gain a heart of wisdom.”
L-Lean
Lean not on your own understanding, God can show you
what needs to be done. Prov. 3:5-6, “Trust in
the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own
understanding; in all your ways acknowledge him, and
he will make your paths straight.”
E-Examine
Examine the Word for one purpose, and that is to meet
the Lord. You don’t come to get your mind crammed
full of things about the Word, but come to meet the
Lord. John 5:39-40, “You diligently study the
Scriptures because you think that by them you possess
eternal life. These are the Scriptures that testify
about me, yet you refuse to come to me to have life.”
A-Ask
Ask God for help in deciding what to do. Matt. 7:7,
"Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you
will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.”
N-
Nurture Nurture the good works you were designed to
do. Eph. 2:10, “For we are God's workmanship,
created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God
prepared in advance for us to do.”
Let us clean off the Dust, that we might see, “
…that his life may be revealed in our mortal body.”
(2 Cor. 4:11)
Written
by: R. Terpstra
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