Build your body as the temple of God so that you will treat it appropriately. Just as Christ treats the church so you are to treat your body as the sanctuary of God. According to Romans 12:1-2, we must renew our mind and be transformed from the world. We live in the world but we are not of the world. David encouraged his son Solomon to build the sanctuary of the Lord God, so that he may bring the ark of the covenant of the Lord and the sacred articles belonging to God into the temple that will be built for the Name of the Lord (1 Chronicles 22:19). First, we must devote ourselves to the making and preparing our bodies for Jesus Christ by cleaning house. Cleaning house is getting our mind right and ready for the things of God to work in our lives. When we clean house we are giving God the opportunity to allow his Spirit to work immensely in us. When we surrender our will to God then we give up our rights to do what ever we want and let go and let God work in us. Building our body as the temple of God creates an atmosphere of environment for the Holy Spirit to take residence in our lives. God cannot operate in sin therefore we must get rid of sin out of our lives in order to usher in the spirit of God. He wants to do so much with us and through us but we limit God with our sinful temple. The bible states in 1 Corinthians 6:16 that when we are joined in prostitution that we have become one flesh with sin. However, if we join our body unto God then we become one with the spirit of God (1 Corinthians 6:17).
In His Word,
Dawn Saunders
We study the word of God so we can get ready, be prepared, and know that God is near! Luke 1:17 And he will go on before the Lord, in the spirit and power of Elijah... to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.”
