You Are the Temple of God

“Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you? If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are.

                                                                                                                      1 Corinthians 3:16 – 17

                The above verse clearly states what we are. We are God’s temple. His sanctuary. The place where He stays. The place where He resides. His home. His Holy Spirit dwells in us. We must realize that once we are born again Christians, we are His temple and His temple needs to be clean.  

Cleanliness doesn’t depend on how many times you bath in a day or how much you scrub your body. How good you smell.  It doesn’t matter physically. But your inner self should be clean. Your heart and mind should be clean.  In other words, our heart and mind must be holy and pure.

                Many of us Christians fill our hearts with garbage. Our hearts are filled with anger, hatred, dissatisfaction, unforgiveness, accounts of the wrong done to us, grudge, revenge, jealousy, unhappiness, fear, worry and guilt. Ask yourself this question: Would you live in a dirty and filthy house? Would you live in a smell house? Would you live in an overcrowded house? Of cause NO. No one wants to live in such a condition.

                Same as God. God wants our heart and mind to be holy, pure and clean. Remove the garbage from your life and when He dwells in us, you will see the overflowing blessing. Take Him at His word. Believe in His word.

If you struggle with sin, confess to Jesus and He promises to forgive and not remember it anymore. Isn’t that a great thing? We have the opportunity just to confess our sins to Jesus and not only He forgives but he forgets. He doesn’t keep account. If Jesus can do it to us, why can’t we forgive and forget all the wrongs done to us. If you do it, you can feel the burden lifted from you. You can feel the garbage is removed. You can feel your heart is clean. And His Spirit will dwell in us.

                Just let everything go. Le the hurt, the anger, the jealousy, the fear, the worry and the guilt go away. Choose to leave the baggage behind. Don’t carry it. Just empty your hearts and Jesus will fill it. Remember that we are His temple and we have to keep His temple clean. That’s our responsibility.