Today’s Reading: I Samuel 1 and 2, Psalm 66 and 2 Cor 7
Today’s verse for me: 2 Corinthians 7: Since we have these promises, dear friends, let us purify ourselves from everything that contaminates the body and spirit, perfecting holiness out of reverence for God.
A little bit of something can contaminate the whole, A cup of coffee is an excellent example. I love coffee with cream or milk in it and I have in the past, accidentally, poured spoiled milk into a fresh cup. There’s no way I would drink that whole cup of coffee. I’d throw it out and pour a new cup.
In 2 Corinthians 6:16, Paul writes, “What agreement is there between the temple of God and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God has said; “I will live with them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be my people.” There is no physical temple any longer where God lives, he lives in me, as a Christian, through Christ’s sacrifice.
So, then, when I engage in something sinful, watch something impure, and so on, I am contaminating the temple of the living God. Since I have these promises that God will be a father to me and I will be his daughter (2 Cor 6:18) and that God will live with me and walk with me, I need to be reverent and purify myself from these things.
Lord, help me to keep this body and mind, your temple, pure.
That’s my journal for today. What verse did you choose to journal on? How did you apply it? If you’re comfortable sharing, please leave it in a comment on this post. Let’s learn from each other!
Natalie Ames 