Clean out the Temple

Reading: 2 Kings 18, 2 Chronicles 29, and John 16

Scripture: 2 Chronicles 29:5 and said to them, “Hear me, Levites! Now consecrate yourselves, and consecrate the house of the Lord, the God of your fathers, and carry out the filth from the Holy Place.

Thoughts: Israel had its ups and downs, when it came to following the Lord. One king would seek God, and another would chase after gods of other nations. Israel has been referred to as a stiff-necked people. We are the temple now and no matter if we have just come to faith or we have been walking with the Lord for years it is easy to fill our temple with filth. As a man, I have everything in boxes. I have my work box over here, my 'need to fix' box over there, my wife box, and my God box. I don’t like them mixing, so I try to keep them all separated. What I am learning and struggling with is that the God box is the box that everything else fits into and I need to learn to let him into the other boxes and remove some of these boxes that are not of God. I have a lust box and a swearing box and an evil thoughts box that all need to be tossed out. In this passage, Hezekiah was calling the Levites to clean out the filth of the temple what filth are we still carrying in us?

Prayer: Father God, I thank you for another day, I thank you for the beauty of the land that you have given us, I thank you for the provisions and blessings that you have given us. I ask that you help me to steward those blessings well. I thank you that you are always with me even when I turn my back and do my own thing. I know you have plans for my life and for my family that I do not know. I ask that you help me to remove the filth from my life and help me to seek you more. Mold my heart and mind into one that reflects your glory.