JULY 22, 1 Corinthians 6:19, 20  

Should a hotel owner know a very important person is going to be his hotel guest, he would ensure the whole hotel is cleaned up, and repairs made, to ensure it is in the best state to receive this very important guest. Why is this so? Because it is a great privilege to host this guest!

When this important guest comes, he must be given the best, and will surely be offered the most impressive suite available.

The same logic applies to us. When we say “We are the temple of God”, it means the Holy Ghost dwells in our body in the spiritual sense. Like the hotel owner who keeps his hotel clean, we have to ensure our body is kept in the best of condition, cleansed meticulously, so that it will live up to the honour of having the Holy Spirit live in us! In that case, we will become the “temple of God”.

Also, we invite the Holy Spirit to the most important “room”, and that is our heart! We invite God to stay there as the heart directs our lives and will affect all other organs of our body. If the heart is right, the entire body will be too. If the Holy Spirit is in our heart, we will allow Him to take control of our lives, and to live it the way He would have us to.

Should we be the temple of God, we will want to ensure we live to honour Him. The tongue is part of our body. If we use it to utter bad or unkind words, that would dishonour Him. Our feet are another part of our body. We should not join classmates or people who do not bring glory to God’s name by what they do.

There is this popular children’s song:

O be careful little eyes what you see,

O be careful little eyes what you see

There’s a Father up above,

And He’s looking down in love
So, be careful little eyes what you see
O be careful little feet where you go,

O be careful little feet where you go

There’s a Father up above,

And He’s looking down in love
So, be careful little feet where you go

Thought: I must keep myself, the temple of God, clean for Him!

Prayer: Heavenly Father, teach me to keep my whole body pure and holy. I am so privileged to have You to be my Guest and I ask that You will guide and protect me. This I pray in the precious name of Jesus Christ, Amen.