Saturday 11 June 2011

What kind of temple are we?

Acts 7 concludes with the stoning of Stephen. Before Stephen was killed though he said some amazing words quoting from Isaiah 66, "Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool, What kind of house will you build for me?" says the Lord
This really struck me this morning. We are meant to be the temple of the Holy Spirit. We therefore have God dwelling within us. If this is the case, what kind of dwelling are you? What kind of dwelling am I?
Are we the kind of dwelling that just opens its doors on a Sunday?
Do we only open our doors enough for God to peep in through the gap?
Have we allowed God to come inside at all?
Have we allowed God to do any kind of decorating?

OK so these questions might seem silly BUT
If we are the kind of person that only goes to church on a Sunday and forgets about God the rest of the week, then we are not very inviting towards him are we?
If we don't give God the reigns of our lives then we don't show that we trust him.
If we haven't accepted Jesus as our Saviour then we are only going through the motions and have no relationship with God at all
If we accept Jesus as Saviour and then don't allow God to change our lives then we are living a lie.
We need to allow God to do his will in our lives. We need to ask the Holy Spirit to come and change us and chip away at the old person we were. We need to accept God and ask him to come and do some decorating - inside and out. We need to change so that God can do amazing things through us. We need to be different - its the difference in us that draws others to Christ. 
 

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