It's Time to Rebuild the Temple

Scripture Reading: Haggai 1:2-9

Haggai 1:2 NLT “This is what the LORD Almighty says: The people are saying, ‘The time has not yet come to rebuild the LORD’S house—the Temple.”

Do you ever put off taking care of yourself because it isn’t Monday or it isn’t New Year’s Day? 1 Corinthians 3:16 says, “Don’t you know that you yourselves are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit lives in you?” Just as God’s house was in ruins in those days, we can let His temple be in ruins today. Just as He wanted to be honored in His temple in those days, He wants to be honored in His temple, your body, today. Our bodies, after all, are not ours. God bought us with a very high price.

In Haggai’s day, God’s people were never satisfied. They had food to eat but not enough to fill them up. They had clothing to wear but not enough to keep them warm. God said to them through Haggai, “Consider how things are going for you! ...and rebuild my house” Meditate on that. “Consider how things are going for you.” How are things going for you? Are you satisfied with God or are you looking for something else to satisfy you? In 1 Corinthians 6:20, the King James Version tells us to glorify God in our bodies and in our spirits which are His. Body, soul and spirit are pretty hard to separate. If we neglect one, it affects the others. Could it be the dissatisfaction many of us feel is caused in part from neglecting God’s temple? Today is the day. It’s time to rebuild the LORD’S house.