As a living temple of God, a believer’s life is to be characterized by prayer.
These were the words that jumped out at me as a rhema from heaven. How was I making this happen in my life? in my temple? How is my life being characterized by prayer?
If Jesus taught the disciples that their bodies were the temple of the living God where His Spirit desired to dwell, then the same message is for us today. What is keeping us from a prayer led life?
Our bodies, our minds have the potential to house the Spirit of the living God. “Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?” (I Corinthians 3:16). To the extent that we grasp this concept is the extent that we clean up our temple for Him. How are we cluttering our temple and turning it into a den of thieves? What comes in to our temple, our mind and spirit to rob our attention from God? What is robbing our affection and keeping us from loving God with all of our heart, soul, mind, and strength? Are we allowing activities and distractions in our lives to rob our ability to commune with our heavenly father and are they hindering us from hearing His voice? “Ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people” (II Corinthians 6:16).
Psalm 27:4 says "One thing that I have asked of the Lord, that will I seek after: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to gaze upon the beauty of the Lord and to inquire in His temple."
It could be that God is calling us to holiness. Psalm 93:5 To clean up our temple and rid ourselves of distractions that rob us of a close relationship with Him.
John Piper explains this listening to God's voice in his own temple - http://www.desiringgod.org/ResourceLibrary/TasteAndSee/ByDate/2007/2021_The_Morning_I_Heard_the_Voice_of_God/
"God, bless us and keep us as we clean up our temples for You. Lead us not into temptations of distractions that clutter our lives and rob our attention away from You.
Through Christ our Lord
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