In the middle of December we welcomed 4 little puppies into our lives… Our female dog gave birth to them at 3:00 am and since then, a lot has changed. As they have gotten older and bigger, their eyes have opened, their curiosity peeked, and it has been interesting to watch the development. The worse part about having multiple puppies is that you have to clean up multiple potty and poo accidents. We have been keeping them in a caged area in our kitchen. We keep them in one of those puppy pens with 6 sides, although, we don’t have it fully extended. The small area that they live in is constantly stinky. There is the potty smell that permeates my entire house.
Since the puppies have wanted to play, I have started letting them out of the caged area and into my house to run around (although they have been held every day since day one). I know that they are ready to come out now as they run to the “door” or the cage and beg to come out when they aren’t sleeping. Prior to letting them get out of their area, I take them all back to the utility sink and give them a good bath so that their stench doesn’t transfer all over my house and onto my carpets.
I think there are a lot of situations where we are like little puppies. We feel trapped in a small confined area or in a situation and there is no getting out of it unless our Master comes and lifts us out. We have no choice but to wallow in our own filth until it is time to move out of that situation. We are fed still, but the situation literally stinks.
Perhaps God has put you into a situation that you feel like couldn’t get any worse. You are literally stepping in your own filth and the filth of those around you and there is nothing that you can do about it. You want to explore the world, but you feel, and are, trapped. Even when you feel like you have gotten part of the way out of the hole you are in, you slip back or are put right back there again as soon as you taste freedom.
What you have to do is ask. Maybe you have to beg. Maybe you have to sit at the door and plead with God to clean your life up and let you out of the pit. It might not happen right away. You might not be ready to come out. Maybe you are going to make the mess you were making in the cage in the real world and the real world isn’t ready for it, or maybe you are learning to take the mess where it belongs. Maybe it isn’t safe for us out side of the caged area yet. Never the less… ultimately, you will be let out. You will be released from the prison as you grow and develop and learn new things (like going potty outside). As you aren’t going to be in danger, you may be let out.
Yesterday, our first puppy went to live at its new home. A home where he is going to be loved and cherished by MANY young college girls. He will be doted on daily. He may be caged at night and bathed often, but his Master will take good care of him. Think about God in this situation. Maybe God is going to be taking you out, getting you ready to move on in life. The pit that you are in right now isn’t pleasant, but it can be temporary.
Lets pray that whatever pit we are in, wherever we are in life right now that we honor God. That we ask him to give us a bath and wash the stink off so we don’t stink up the whole world.
Psalm 40:2
“He lifted me out of the slimy pit, out of the mud and mire; he set my feet on a rock and gave me a firm place to stand.”
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