| Daily
Thought – January 7, 2004 |
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| LIVING THE SOLUTION WITH
DAILY INSPIRATION |
For we are
the temple of the living God, just as God said: "I
will live and walk among them. I will be their God,
and they will be my people." (2 Corinthians 6:16)
What’s your reaction
when you walk into a church building that is dirty and
in need of basic maintenance; the paint is flaking off
the walls, the doors are banged up and the carpet is
worn out? You might think, “don’t they care
about the building God gave them? “Don’t
they understand what kind of message it sends to non-believers?” And
you’d be right. Everything we have is a gift from
God and we are care takers of that gift. God wants us
to use the gift for his glory; he wants it to be an example
to the world of his love and graciousness.
Most of us do try and take care of the things God has
given us and many of us do try to use our gifts to reflect
God’s love to the world, but what about your body?
How do you take care of it? Your life is a gift; every
breath you get is a gift of life everyday. Does the condition
of your body, and what you put into it, reflect someone
who is honoring God by taking care of their gifts? Or
does it reflect that church building we talked about
earlier?
Your body is the home of both your spirit and the Holy
Spirit. When the world looks at you do they see someone,
based on how you take care of yourself, who loves God
and wants to honor God with everything they have? Or
do they look at you and think, “Why do they talk
about others who don’t live like them when they
don’t even take care of themselves.”
What you do, what you say, what you eat, and the condition
you keep yourself in physically is a witness to the world.
This year make a commitment to make your body a fit dwelling
place for the Holy Spirit and a witness to the world
that you love God enough to take proper care of the body
He gave you.
Live it Fierce
Pete Reinbold
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