How are we to tend to the temple of God? Nurture that which lies within us? 1 Corinthians 3 provides us with these instructions. (1Corinthians 3: 16-17) Paul writes; “I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the increase. So then neither he who plants is anything, nor he who waters, But God who gives the increase.”
Paul was useful for planting work and Apollos for watering work, but God gave the increase. For any ministry to be successful, it must be derived from divine blessing - many parts but one body working in harmony to the divine will of God.
We must strive to build up and upon our holy temple – both in the physical and spiritual realms. Physically, we must eat right, get exercise, and plenty of rest. Our bodies are biological miracles that require proper caring and feeding. We need to keep our bodies “clean” physically and morally. (1 Corinthians 6:13) “Foods for the stomach and the stomach for foods, but God will destroy both it and them. Now the body is not for sexual immorality but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body.” (1 Corinthians 6:15) “Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ? Shall I then take the members of Christ and make them members of a harlot? Certainly not!”
Spiritually, we need to pray, meditate, fast, read and study the Scripture and be about our Father’s business. (1 Corinthians 6:20) “For you were bought at a price: therefore glorify God in your body and spirit, which are God’s.”
Location matters because as both the physical and spiritual vessel of the Holy Spirit, our location takes on more significance than a dwelling occupying a piece of land. Our location is the holy temple of the living God, and our location is also where we are in our relationship with God! God cares about these locations!
So what does all this mean to the sons of God? Each of us is a living temple of the living God. Christ by His Spirit dwells in each of us. The temple was set apart from every common to a holy use and to the immediate service of God. We need to be holy in profession and should be pure and clean both in heart and conversation.
When we turn on the “Home Network” on TV and marvel at multi-million dollar property set in some exotic and faraway place, know that these man-made buildings are like a house of cards when compared to our living and Holy temples of Jesus the Christ! What an awesome location we have in Jesus Christ!
Location matters!
Amen.
- Mike West
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