Thoughts for another day

Aug. 7, 2013.

Today's verse: 1 Cor. 3:16. Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you? (KJV)

(Pls. read the above before you read further.  Thanks)

Our bodies are not just flesh and bones and blood, but they’re also the abode of the Holy Spirit of God and thus they attain a status that’s beyond human comprehension because the ways of the Spirit of God are beyond understanding.  But see how we treat our bodies or for that matter the faculties God has given us to use for our sojourn on earth, it’s with disdain we use them and chiefly to satiate our carnal desires; which of course we term as essential and necessary.

But as to what is there in our Scripture today, we know that we house the Holy Spirit, the Awesome Third Person of the Holy Trinity who is the force and the power of God the Father; Who has the power to shatter the earth and also the power to pour the water in the seas into a river basin for the Holy Spirit is power and power.  And when He resides in us, He gives us the power, yea really, power to live full and joyful lives.  We know all He can do for us but the most important thing He does is, give us an intimate knowledge of Jesus Christ our Savior.  In fact, what delights Him most is when a man looks up to Him and tells Him to give Him the Grace to know Jesus and there the Holy Spirit is up with a bang introducing you to things of Jesus which you have never known. 

In the heavenly realm, there are a lot of mysteries and Jesus used to explain some of them to His disciples, like for example He said to Philip, ‘He that has seen Me has seen the Father…’ Jn. 14:9b.  And now the Holy Spirit reveals them to us who are also Jesus’ disciples who have believed in Him through His Word in the Bible.  It’s indeed a fantastic privilege to know that we’re the temple of the Holy Spirit and it’s important to bear in mind that He, the Holy Spirit gives us the mind of Christ, 1 Cor. 2:16, and also enables us to know Christ when He appears to us (even if we’re not able to see Him) and fall prostrate before Him in worship.  Indeed a privilege as it gives us knowledge of our Savior and will one day, also by His Grace, enable us to be in front of Him in heavenly portals.