December 2 2011

The Temple
 
Reading: I Corinthians 3:16-17, 16 Do you not know that you are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you? 17 If anyone defiles the temple of God, God will destroy him. For the temple of God is holy, which temple you are. [NKJV]

“You are the temple of God”… “YOU are the temple of God!” Let that sink in for a moment. King Solomon, when he gathered all of Israel together at the completion of the temple, he blessed the people and then he stood in front of the alter of God, spread out his hands and prayed in front of the people, “…But will God really dwell on earth with men? The heavens, even the highest heavens cannot contain you. How much less this temple I have built! Yet give attention to your servant’s prayer and his plea for mercy, O Lord my God. Hear the cry and the prayer that your servant is praying in your presence. May your eyes be open toward this temple day and night, this place of which you said you would put your Name there.” (II Chronicles 6:18-20). Oh, that this would be our prayer, knowing that WE are now the temple of God. To think that the entire universe cannot contain Him, yet He chooses to live with and even live within us.

Let us as men, bow before God and pray together, today… “Will God really dwell on earth with men? The heavens, even the highest heavens cannot contain you. How much less this temple You have made! Yet give attention to your servant’s prayer and his plea for mercy, O Lord my God. Hear the cry and the prayer that your servant is praying in your presence. May Your eyes be open toward this temple day and night, this place of which You said You would put your Name there.”

How do you need to cleanse and prepare your temple today to make it a “holy” dwelling for Him?


How do you want His Name to be presented today by your temple?
End of the Day Review
  
How did you present the Name and temple of God today?
 
 
What impact did this have on you and those with whom you came in contact?