Is organization important? Can’t we just get by with a messy house?
If someone was to ask me those questions, I’d probably respond, ‘Well, you could, but I don’t think that’s a good idea.” Why not? I’ll explain why.
Initially, we are made in God’s image, with characteristics of him. In Job 25:2, it says: “Dominion and awe belong to God; he establishes order in the heights of heaven.” If we are made in God’s image, I think there’s some part of us that can be orderly.
I’m currently reading The Purpose Driven Life by Rick Warren, and the one thing that keeps popping up is: it’s all for the glory of God. When we are surrounded by clutter and junk, we aren’t able to be all God wants us to be because we are constantly just trying to get the basics of our lives in order instead of being on hand to do what God wants us to do. As I wrote a couple of years back:
“When you are orderly, you show that you are being responsible to your things and being a good steward. You are using your time wisely, and can be available to others because you know where everything is. When in the process of being orderly, of actually doing it, you can be diligent and show the initiative. People can depend on you to do things, all because you are orderly.”