And what agreement has the temple of God with
idols? For you are the temple of the living God. As God has said “I will dwell
in them And walk among them. I will be
their God, And they shall be My people.”—2 Corinthians 6:16
Writing to Christian believers, the Apostle Paul is reminding them that they
are not like the world. Something is
different about them. He is saying that
the Christ-believer is not like those who serve Satan; those who are of the
world. He reminds the Christ-believer
that he or she is the temple of the living God and that He—God dwells with them
and walks among them.
I want to encourage you today to be aware the God
lives in you, and that He walks and talks with you. He
wants to have fellowship with you everyday.
Jesus came and restored the position that humankind had with God in the
beginning. Through His shed blood
humanities relationship is restored with God.
However a relationship is two-way, it is between God and you; you and
God. A relationship functions only to
the degree that the persons involved are committed to each other. Our commitment to God is reflected in how we
reflect Him to our world.
We can reflect God and His perspectives to the
world, every time we encounter people and treat them the way God sees
them. Christ-believers are different
than the world. They are patient, kind,
faithful and gentle. Full of love, joy
and peace and are self-controlled. “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy,
peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law. And those who are Christ’s have crucified the
flesh with its passions and desires” (Galatians 5:24).
Prayer—Heavenly
Father thank You that You have made me into Your image and into Your likeness
and that You live in me. I ask You to
help me be mindful that I am not alone that You are with me every step of the
way and all through my days, in Jesus’ name, Amen.
