Thought for Monday, April 15th

April 15, 2013

Temple Inspection

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? For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.

I Corinthians 6:19-20

“A man builds a fine house: and now he has a master, and a task for life: he is to furnish, watch, show it, and keep it in repair, the rest of his days.”

-          Ralph Waldo Emerson

Anyone who has ever owned a house knows that it requires perpetual care, maintenance and attention, if it is to maintain its value.  The same, in a similar sense is true of our spiritual house or temple, which is our body, which is home to God’s presence in the form of the Holy Spirit, in our lives.

In order to maintain our temple, we have to give it constant attention and routine maintenance.  This is true both physically speaking and spiritually speaking.  If we don’t nourish our temple both with natural sustenance, as well as with spiritual nourishment it will grow weak and frail. 

In order for our temple to be kept in good shape it must get some exercise both of a physical and a spiritual nature.  We must pray, serve and seek God daily if we want our spiritual temple to be fortified against the storms of life and if we want to maintain an optimum value in it’s worth for the glory of God to bring honor and praise to Him at all times.

And there are even occasions when like a physical structure our spiritual house must undergo a needed renovation and remodeling.  And doesn’t almost every renovation always increase not only the appearance and appeal but also the value of that which is renovated.

So many think that accepting Jesus as Lord and Savior is the end of the process of preparing ourselves for eternity: when it truth, it is simply just the beginning of what should be a lifetime of continued maintenance and efforts exerted in insuring that our temple remains in an optimum condition for the glory of the Lord.

Prayer:

Father, may my temple always be kept in good repair, top working order and always be presentable in a fashion that brings glory and honor to you.