The other day I was asked to pray for someone to
be set free from sexual sin. As I prayed I asked the Holy Spirit to direct me,
and He revealed to me this person greatly needed to know the love of a father.
So I prayed for this and that he be set free from the entire trauma brought on
by the lose of his father’s love.
However; I sensed God wanted to teach me more. So
this morning as I lay before God, He reminded me that in the Old Testament He
instructed the priest to cleanse the temple with the blood. (2 Chronicles 30)
Also, I was reminded that immorality is sin against the temple of God .
I Corinthians 6:18 instructs us to “Flee from sexual immorality. All
other sins a man commits are outside his body, but he who sins sexually, sins
against his own body. Do you not know
that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have
received from God? You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore
honor God with your body.”
Anything we do that destroys this temple is a sin
against the dwelling place of the Almighty. It is restored to purity by the
blood.
When we are involved in over eating, drugs, sexual
sin, pornography, been molested, raped, or in any other way not taking care of
this body we cause our temple, the temple of God, to become defiled.
Taking Communion cleanses this temple with
the Blood of Jesus. Most of the time I need a daily cleansing, because I desire the Lord's presence and want Him to feel welcomed in this place.
When we repent, the
Lord takes away the sin. And when we receive the Blood, it restores our temple
as the Holy dwelling place of God.
Today I ate of the destroying of the things that have
defiled my temple and its restoration by the stripes of Jesus.
I drank of the cleansing blood of Jesus in preparing of this
temple anew for worshiping of the Lord, and to invite Him to come in and live.
We are not defeated or condemned. It is a time of new beginnings. His mercies are new every morning. (Lamentations 3:22-23)
Blessings on your day!
Karen