THE TEMPLE OF OUR LIVING GOD

“ HE SAID TO THEM, ‘ THE SCRIPTURES DECLARE, MY TEMPLE WILL BE A HOUSE OF PRAYER, BUT YOU HAVE TURNED IT INTO A DEN OF THIEVES.’ ” LUKE 19:46

” DON’T YOU REALIZE THAT ALL OF YOU TOGETHER ARE THE TEMPLE OF GOD AND THAT THE SPIRIT OF GOD LIVES IN YOU? GOD WILL DESTROY ANYONE WHO DESTROYS THIS TEMPLE. FOR GOD’S TEMPLE IS HOLY, AND YOU ARE THAT TEMPLE.” 1 COR. 3: 16-17

You and I are the temple of God. He sent to us his Holy Spirit and he lives within each and everyone of us as Christians. How are we maintaining his temple? Are we respecting it as he instructed? Are we keeping it clean and free from evil and immoral ways. Are we living our lives as he instructs us to through his Holy Word? Our Lord is very serious about his temple. We as caretakers must do our best to follow his ways and keep it in order. It is important that we do nothing to hinder his work or his temple. As followers of Jesus we should be growing in our faith. We should take the Holy Spirit seriously and listen carefully to his instructions for our actions. The Holy Spirit does not use a microphone to announce his instructions for our life. He uses a very soft voice. This voice may appear as a gut feeling or we may hear it very plainly, but we must pay attention and take him seriously. We live in his temple. We need to clean it every day. We need to fill it with objects from reading his word and praying to him. We need to keep evil thoughts out and the temple clean. The devil will always be trying to break down the door to get in. If we fall God’s forgiveness is always there for us. But with prayer and meditation in God’s word we will be able to continue to sweep clean the temple of our living God. When others look at you how do you look to them? Are you showing them the temple of God or the temple of sin? We must be careful and do as the Holy Spirit instructs. Keep his temple clean. PRAISE THE LORD IN ALL THINGS!