And how many times do I rather than wanting to do the Lord’s
will do I look to my own interest. Even though inside of me is the war between
doing and being how I know is right versus performing for the masses to see.
(Romans 8) In 2 Kings 23:2-11 the King is the one person who wants to get rid
of idols and the priests look to their own interests. How sad it is to use
holiness as an outer garment, but I do it all the time. I am judgmental,
hurtful, because someone is not doing things my way. I say and do but in my
heart do I believe in Him? Do I believe the two commandments of loving God
above all else and loving my neighbor as myself and do I know in fact who my
neighbor is? I want a pure life, one rich in the blessings of God, but I want
my idols too, I just cannot give those up. Many times I get an air of
self-righteousness because I didn’t travel down the road that many kids travel,
I didn’t take drugs, I wasn’t involved in promiscuity, I did what my parents
said willingly because I knew they had more sense than me. And then splat!!1 I
fall on my face. What a tangled web I weave, according to Shakespeare….why because
I want to convince myself that I am better than others, when in reality I am
just the same. Then I try to worship with this warring heart. Instead of
building God’s house in peace. (1 Chron 22:2-14) Daniel in Dan 8:11-14 says
that the Temple would be cleansed. Those downtrodden would rise again and be
saved in Christ. And in the church is the mechanism for one to work out one’s
salvation after one has become connected with Christ through baptism.
He cleaned the Temple to show he is the way to God, not through money nor works
but his connection with the Father. Once and for all. Paul warns over and over
that Christ was the last hope, and that applied not just to the Hebrews but the
me as well. I must follow Christ.
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