Monday Reading: 1 Corinthians 6:19-20
Key Verse: 1 Corinthians 6:19
19 Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit in you, whom you have of God? And you are not your own,
Devotion:
Each one of us has been bought for a price – Christ laid down His own life for our lives and He did it willingly. Furthermore He ensured that we would have the Holy Spirit to dwell within us after He went back to be with God the Father in heaven... And He did this all for us just because He loved us so. As I look back on various things in my life and how my mother continued to encourage us every step of the way I begin to see just how God can use someone who is willing to listen to Him.
It is all very well hearing people say things like that and knowing that it is true but to suddenly have your eyes opened to how much Christ is doing in your own life and how much He has accomplished through those around you is something special. We take so many things for granted in our lives when we should be standing still and taking them in awe! When we go into a large temple, church, cathedral or other amazing building, we stand still for a moment and take in the immensity and sheer grandeur of the building before we go about doing what we came to do. Each one of us is a temple for Christ and as such should we not be able to make people stop and stare in awe at what Christ can do through us?
There are so many things that we do with our lives, our bodies and even our minds that corrupt us in some manner. Many of these things we do are by choice. Many of these things may glorify God but some of these things do not. We do have a choice as to whether we use our temples to glorify God or whether we allow corruption to spread through them. We would not fill a church or cathedral with hateful and corrupt things, so why should we allow those things into our lives? We are still a temple for Christ and as such we need to maintain ourselves in a manner befitting our design. To God be the glory for great things He has done!
Points to Ponder:
What do you get up to each day?
What do you think Christ thinks of your temple?
