Wig’s Word of God Tdoay 11-9-2010
Do you not know that you are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwells in you? 1 Corinthians 3:16
Ezekiel 47:1-2, 8-9, 12, Psalm 46:2-3, 5-6, 8-9, 1 Corinthians 3:9c-11, 16-17 & John 2:13-22
Ezekiel was such a wise Prophet describing the Salvation of Mankind from a New Covenant where Humanity’s future would depend on our love of the One and Only True God. He explained we must give all thanksgiving to the True King writing humanity must have a new heart and spirit for the Lord living by His Ways. His description of the water in this passage translates into the visions he had of a utopian Israel void of hate and evil surrounded by the abundance of love from God in the Water of Life. Life cannot be so without God’s direction and love allowing us to be a temple of His Spirit in faith, hope and love.
Paul reminds us in 1 Corinthians 3 we must give our bodies the respect and honor it deserves less we kill our bodies from lack of attention and abuse. Think about this for a moment: Your body is a Temple of God. Everything we put into our bodies for nutrition, every Word of the Bible we read and everything we do to our bodies in exercise develops and sustains God’s Temple. The Foundation of this temple is Christ Jesus and His love allows us to experience life like no other creature on this big beautiful green earth. If we choose to fill our bodies and mind with junk and evil, God will wear down your body and soul quicker garnishing a life of despair from aches, disease and soulistic breakdowns. I have witnessed this in close friends and strangers alike; without taking care of our God’s Temple, your warranty so to speak will expire quicker than you would by loving God’s Temple and nourishing it by moderate food consumption, exercise and feeding your mind/soul with His Word.
Jesus was angry His Father’s House was being used as a market place. The Church has a responsibility for providing a place of holiness and prayer for our manifestation of God’s Temple within us. Jesus was zealous for His Father and knew a place of worship was not a place to bargain for wares or livestock but a place of Holiness and Prayer. His disciples recalled the words of scripture, “Zeal for your house will consume me” brings us to Psalm 69:10, “Because zeal for Your House consumes Me, I am scorned by those who scorn You.” Using the Father’s House for a marketplace does not promote God’s Promise of Everlasting Life and Jesus rightfully so was upset. He told them to tear down the temple and He would rebuild it in three days time referring to His rising after death in three days. This small yet important detail continued to convince the Apostles that Jesus truly was the Christ; the Son of God.
And so we pray: Dear God, we pray today to live Your New Covenant through Your Son’s Gospel. We pray today to have strength to treat our bodies with love for Your Temple being conscious of our food intake, our exercise and our soul nutrition by reading Your Word each and every day. Help us to overcome the pain in our muscles when we begin taking care of Your Temple and guide us to be ever mindful of living Your Word in work and in play. In Jesus Name we pray. Amen.
God Bless,
Cruz-Wig
Romans 8:28
Life in God by Jesus the Man
An Angel can bring you
To the sights of God’s City
Streets paved of gold
Waters flowing for the living
Multiply and live
Fresh water to gain
Fruits of every flavor
God’s Temple to sustain
Fear not when something is taken
God has a plan for you to live
Plans can be shaken
His Will you learn to give
A foundation has been placed
For the Temple to reside
The Spirit of the Lord is in us
Christ’s presence to always guide
Treat your body as His Temple
Feed it food in moderation and provide
Exercise for the art of living
Your soul needs His Word to survive
The Father’s House is not a marketplace
It is a House of Worship and Prayer
Torn down and rebuilt
In three days to eternally share
The Fathers Son for Salvation
A New Covenant of God’s Plan
The Sin of the World He has taken
Life in God by Jesus the Man
© Thomas Joe Cruz-Wiggins November 9, 2010 @ 6:04 AM EST
