His Temple [5/19/12]

Aloha!

Today, I would like to talk about something God has given to us; this thing He has given to us is something we often fail to take care of, myself included.

1 Corinthians 6:19-20
Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own, for you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body.

In many ways, we do not glorify God with our body. This body we have... It isn't ours! It belongs to God, yet we somehow manage to take such bad care of it. This world is filled with so many things that we can fill our body with, and destroy it. I am so guilty of this. Living in such a comfortable lifestyle makes it even more difficult. I have access to all of the food I want, I can drink anything, I could even smoke if I chose to. Everything is just a few steps away.

Have you ever gone out to eat, and stuffed yourself until you felt like you were about to burst? I used to eat like this every single day. For every single meal, I ate until I could actually feel my stomach expanding. Therefore, for the next meal, I could eat more and more. I always ate foods that were unhealthy too... I had a major sweet tooth. Now that I think of it, I was a very greedy eater, and this greed inside of me was damaging my body! I ended up having to see a specialist to help me with my eating habits because they had gotten so bad. The specialist did help, but as always, asking God to help me did the most. God doesn't want us to damage our bodies. Our bodies are a temple!

If you owned a temple made of stone, I'm sure you would take very good care of it. Would you let it crumble? Would you personally bring it down, stone by stone? I don't think you would. If you were given a stone temple from God for the Holy Spirit, I'm sure you would make sure it was in perfect condition. If I had the money, I would hire gardeners, cleaners, maintenance, and all other things! If I didn't have the money, I would do my best to clean and maintain it myself! This should be the same for our bodies because our bodies ARE a temple!

I believe it's very important to take care of our bodies. We must do our best to keep healthy by exercising, and eating the right amount. Something we must be careful of is making sure we aren't doing this all for the vanity. This is a trap I quickly fell into. I used to be extremely self-conscious of my body, and this made me want to be skinnier and skinnier. But it's funny, because I never got near my goal. Only when I have been exercising and eating healthier with God and the Holy Spirit in mind, have I lost any weight.

Our bodies should also be clean of any sins! Because God and the Holy Spirit are pure, the temple the Holy Spirit resides in should be pure as well, should it not? The temple should do nothing but the work of God... The temple should be taken care of. Eating unhealthily, drinking excessively, sexual immorality... You know what you're doing. Why do we purposely damage the temple of the Holy Spirit? I hope you begin to think of how you're going to take care of this temple. I know I still have a lot of things to change in my lifestyle. Everyday, I'm still doing things I shouldn't be doing, but let's all work on it together!

Thank you thank you for reading this post today! I hope your day is full of joy! 


- kjoosaurus out!