Friday, October 17, 2014
Temple Care
There were times in history when there was a temple in Jerusalem. From the artist renditions of the two temples that existed at some point, they appear to be very majestic in their construction and design. It must have been an awesome thing to have the presence of the Father show up and light the Holy of Holies. And it is difficult to imagine what it would have been like to have the sacrifices ignited by the fire of God, a supernatural even each time. Recently I was considering this as I watched a man teach on Sukkot and the temple. It occurred to me that there is a new temple now that is a bit different, but just as majestic.
1 Corinthians 6:19 What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?
20 For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s.
Our bodies and our spirit belong to God. They are meant to be holy. We must keep this temple that God gives to each of us holy. In these scriptures Paul was speaking about fornication in particular, which is obviously not good. But there are other things we can do to our bodies AND to our spirit that are not good as well. It can be movies we watch, music we listen to, jokes we tell or are willing to listen to, the food we eat… the list goes on. Don’t get this wrong, I am not talking about what we should not do. I am speaking more about what we should do. With God in us we should want to pursue righteousness. We will not get it right all of the time, but when we get it wrong there should be a conviction within us that drives us toward getting it right the next time we have the opportunity.
I write these things not as one who has achieved perfection in this area, but as one with the drive inside. Let us all pray for each other that we might become the holy temple of God.
Prayer
Father, we exalt You. You alone are Holy. You alone are worthy of our commitment to be holy to You. Let Your kingdom reign in the earth today Father. Send us Your overwhelming abundant provision. Do it in a way that it shows it is You and not just the work of our hands. Forgive us our sins. Forgive us when we are really dumb and repeat wrong things. Let us be like Yeshua (Jesus). Heal us and deliver us. In Yeshua’s (Jesus’) name. Amen.