It is coming that time of the year again, where everyone does spring cleaning.  Maybe everyone.  Going through the house, cleaning out stuff accumulated during the winter months.  Maybe it is just an opening of the house, letting it air and just doing a deep cleaning.  What ever you may do, it is spring and cleaning happens.

 

Jesus went to Jerusalem for HIS last week of life.  HIS first act was the cleaning of the temple. It had become a place of buying and selling.  Animals.   Moneychangers.  Thieves.  Instead of being a HOLY PLACE, it had become a supermarket.  It was not a special place of worship.  This angered Jesus.  So, he went through the temple driving all of the dealers, vendors, and merchants out.  Returning the temple to what it was suppose to be in the first place, a place of worship.

 

For those who follow Jesus, we need to remember that we are now GOD’S temple (2Cor. 6:16).  GOD resides in us.  Since HE resides in us, we must maintain a clean temple.  To keep the temple clean we must daily present ourselves to CHRIST (Romans 12:1).  By doing this we can worship HIM in spirit and in truth.

 

What in your life must go?  What must be cleaned out so that your relationship with JESUS can grow.  Maybe it is hate, bitterness, self doubt, anger, depression, anxiety, lack of trust…………you get the idea.  Whatever is in the way of your relationship with CHRIST needs to be cleaned out.  Think about it.