We are His temple

"For now I have chosen and sanctified this house, that My name may be there forever; and My eyes and My heart will be there perpetually."
II Chronicles 7 : 16 (New King James Version)

When we read the beginning of chapter 7 we read of Solomon dedicating the temple... In verses 1-2 we see "When Solomon had finished praying, fire came down from heaven and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices; and the glory of the LORD filled the temple. And the priests could not enter the house of the LORD, because the glory of the LORD had filled the LORD’s house"

How many of us remember that we are His temple ? Are we conscious of that fact 24*7 ? When we accepted the Lord as Lord and Saviour of our lives we lifted up ourselves to Him ... we dedicated our lives ...His temple to be used for His glory. And He filled us with His Holy Spirit.
But so many of us keep falling back... we use His temple for doing acts which are displeasing in His sight , we use HIs temple for storing immoral thoughts , we fill it with pride, greed, ways of the world,.... What have we done to His temple ?!

The Lord is telling us that He has chosen and sanctified His house ! Thats us ! He sanctified us by the blood of the Lamb . Why ? So that His name may be there forever ! So that His eyes and His heart may be there perpetually ! Wow ! Perpetual means 'continuing or enduring forever; everlasting;continued without intermission or interruption'. This is what the Lord intends for us !

When we run into trouble we all say "Greater is He that is in me than He who is of the world" ... How many of us remember that when we choose sin over the ways of God ?

I pray that we will turn from our wicked ways and submit ourselves humbly in the sight of the Lord... That He may dwell in us and use this temple for His glory. May we never defile His temple...

God Bless