About This Temple

“The word of God came to Solomon saying, “About this Temple you are building—what’s important is that you live the way I’ve set out for you and do what I tell you, following my instructions carefully and obediently. Then I’ll complete in you the promise I made to David your father. I’ll personally take up my residence among the Israelites—I won’t desert my people Israel.”” 1 Kings 6:11 MSG

We can build all the temples we want, we can wear the cross and the t-shirt, but unless we live according to the way God’s set for us, we won’t experience all the goodness and promise He has for us.

God knows we are sinners. He knows we have fallen short of His Glory. That’s why God forgives us freely when we ASK for forgiveness. BUT what He desires for us is a life fully connected to Him-remaining In Him; an Abundant Life that only comes when we are walking in Obedience to His Word and His Ways, as His Holy Temple.

“But he’s already made it plain how to live, what to do, what God is looking for in men and women. It’s quite simple: Do what is fair and just to your neighbor, be compassionate and loyal in your love, And don’t take yourself too seriously— take God seriously.” Micah 6:8 MSG

I know we feel like the world is “going to hell in a handbasket” and that we are in our “final days” but even if we are, even if it is, God doesn’t want us to just pray for restoration and blessings over the world, He wants us to get to the core and the core starts right here with us, with me, with you.

God is calling each one of us “Christians” to individually start a Revival within ourselves. To look within us, see the log in our own eye, the hypocrisy, the judgement, the gossip, whatever it may be, and get right with Him so we can be the Holy Temple God desires to dwell within.

“You realize, don’t you, that you are the temple of God, and God himself is present in you? No one will get by with vandalizing God’s temple, you can be sure of that. God’s temple is sacred—and you, remember, are the temple.” 1 Corinthians 3:16 MSG

So, how can we build This Temple in such a way that His Glory SHINES out and His Promises come about? RENEW our minds, become a LIVING SACRIFICE, look within our life – no one else’s – and live a life that is pleasing to the LORD – one that only His Word defines. And how do we know what HIS WORD defines……READ IT, LISTEN TO IT, DWELL IN IT.

“So here’s what I want you to do, God helping you: Take your everyday, ordinary life—your sleeping, eating, going-to-work, and walking-around life—and place it before God as an offering. Embracing what God does for you is the best thing you can do for him. Don’t become so well-adjusted to your culture that you fit into it without even thinking. Instead, fix your attention on God. You’ll be changed from the inside out. Readily recognize what he wants from you, and quickly respond to it. Unlike the culture around you, always dragging you down to its level of immaturity, God brings the best out of you, develops well-formed maturity in you.” Romans 12:1 MSG

I don’t have it ALL together, my temple is a little out of wack (chaotic at times) but I’m working on it daily.

Then, when the world see me, when the world sees you, when the world sees us, they will see the Beautiful Temple of the Living God and they will want to know Him and be transformed into His Temple as well.

It starts with YOU; the Temple of the Living God.