The Temple

Matthew 21: 12-13:  “Jesus entered the temple courts and drove out all who were buying and selling there. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the benches of those selling doves.  “It is written,” he said to them, “‘My house will be called a house of prayer,’ but you are making it ‘a den of robbers.’”

Jesus has ridden the colt. People, who had seen and heard of Him raising Lazarus from the dead, are in the streets laying palm branch for him to travel over shouting “HOSANNA to the Son of David! Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest!” It must have been a sight. The people are about to begin the most holy week in the faith of Judaism. Monday at sunset the Passover begins, the remembrance of The Exodus.  The town is busy with preparation. And Jesus enters the temple and sees a terrible scene. A market, right in the temple. He is over come with Righteous Anger and destroys the marketplace. Screaming “MY HOUSE WILL BE A HOUSE OF PRAYER, BUT YOU ARE MAKING IT A DEN OF ROBBERS”. He whips, he beats, he flips tables.  And then HE HEALS.  Verse 14 “The blind and the lame came to him at the temple, and he healed them.”

This year has been interesting, Ron and I have been talking about how our focus is off. And as we reflected this morning about the holy week I was reminded of what Jesus did today and how it applies to me. 1 Corinthians 6: 19-20. “or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have form God? You are not your own, for you were bought with a price”

I am the temple.

WHAT A REMINDER!!

I AM THE TEMPLE!

Am I making my temple a den of robbers? Am I allowing thieves to occupy my temple?

Stealing my focus or time? Stealing my joy? Robbing me of what God has instore for me. Killing and destroying what HE has worked so hard to build in me.

Keeping me from being a house of prayer. A holy place for the Spirit to dwell freely!

This morning in Righteous Anger, the Holy One in me is flipping those tables. Beating the robbers. Destroying the thieves. Allowing Him to once again heal my lameness and removing the scales from my eyes and restoring my sight.

 

Thank you so much Lord for your quick responses. Thank you for your quick reminders and not allowing me to stay in that miry pit!  I praise you!