BBD 09.20.22 Care for the Temple (Classic)
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20 September 2022
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Care for the Temple
Do you not know that you are the temple of God and that the
Spirit of God dwells in you? If anyone defiles the temple of God, God will
destroy him. For the temple of God is holy, which temple you are. – 1
Corinthians 3:16-17.
When I was twelve years old, I had a weight problem. The
problem was that I only weighed about 100 pounds. When I was 18, I only weighed
around 120 pounds and I was six feet tall. Somewhere along the way one of my
New Year’s resolutions became that I was going to gain weight. But it didn’t
seem to matter how much I ate I didn’t gain any weight. But over the years that
has changed and how it has changed! Now whenever I eat almost anything it
immediately shows up as pounds gained.
Having the appropriate weight is just one of the aspects
of taking proper care of our bodies. We know what we need to do. We need to
reduce our intake of calories. We need to eat more fruits and vegetables. We
need to be exercising on a regular basis. Even a small amount of exercise
appears to have health benefits. In the newspaper one morning there was an
article about how people who fidget gained less weight than those who did not.
The Temple was a holy place where nothing unclean would
be allowed. If the proper procedures were not followed the priests knew they
ran the risk of God striking them dead. The cleanliness of the Temple and the
care of the Temple was a deadly serious business. It should not be any less for
us.
We know that a good diet and proper exercise will reduce the probability
and even prevent the occurrence of some diseases. In addition, we will reap a
harvest of other benefits. We will have a higher sense of wellbeing. We will
have more energy.Depression and even headaches will be less of a problem.
In addition to the physical there is a spiritual side of taking
care of the Temple. We need the proper spiritual nourishment. As Jesus says in Matthew 4, “Man does not
live by bread alone….” We need an
intake of the Word of God every day. We need to have communication with our
Lord on a continuing basis. We need to continue to assemble together so that we
can be “provoked (stirred up) unto love and good
works.”
As we know it is highly unlikely that we can do all of
this on our own. The truth is we can’t. But God can. We “can do all things through
Christ.” We must include God in whatever
program or plan we have for taking care of the Temple if it is to be successful
in the long run.
Let us resolve together to get started on taking better
care of the Temple!
(This devotional has been updated and was originally
written and sent by email on 01.15.1999.)
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