If you and your household

Were raptured today

Or removed from this earth

In some accidental way.


Who would be there

To wander and roam

And sort through your belongings

And clean out your home?


Would your home be a witness

To the Lord whom you claim?

Or, would the stash in your cabinets

Dishonor His Name?


What's on your calendar?

Is the evidence clear

That you gave time to others

Not just your career?


Would your CD collection,

If weighed in a balance,

Bring glory to Jesus

Or praise earthly talents?


Are your priorities evident

In the way your home looks?

Would Jesus be comfortable

Reading your books?


Do your magazines reveal

Unwholesome desires?

Do your videos glorify

Murderers and liars?


Do your tax records show

That your tithing was sparse?

That the trust you proclaimed

Was all just a farce?


What's in your garage?

Do your possessions reflect

That your greatest desire

Is earthly respect?


Will all those people

Who enter your space

Feel the presence of Jesus

Or the world in that place?


Will they want to know more

About the God Who forgives?

Will they reject Him completely

Because of the way that you lived?


So clean out your closets

And sweep out your shame

Let your home be a witness

To the life you proclaim.

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