March 23, 2019

MARCH 23
 
        And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people (2 Cor. 6:16).
 
    In His high-priestly prayer Jesus requested for His followers "that they all may be one; as thou Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us:...I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one" (John 17:21-23).  Each believer is a living temple.  There is no place in any consecrated life for idols.  Notice three  things here:
 
    First, a mutual interest--each belongs to each.  God is the portion of His people, and they are His portion.
 
    Second, a mutual consideration.  God will always think of His people, and they will always think of Him.  God says that His thoughts toward us are thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give us an expected end (Jer. 29:11).  What do we think of Him and of His work?
 
    Third, a mutual fellowship.  God dwells in us as believers, and we dwell in God.  Such a great thought makes life sacred in all its experiences.  God dwells with us--yes, in us.  We are His people.  In a special way was this fellowship true of Jesus, for "God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself" (2 Cor. 5:19).  In our sphere we are to be like Him.  As He was in the world, so we are to be in the world (1 John 4:17).  We are to like Him.
 
                                God be in my head, and in my understanding;
                                God be in my eyes, and in my looking;
                                God be in my mouth, and in my speaking;
                                God be in my heart, and in my thinking;
                                God be at my end, and at my departing.
                                                                            ___Sarum Primer
 
 
MEDITATION PRAYER:  "Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me and know my thoughts" (Ps. 139:23).