| Is He In You?Posted May-07-08 05:50:48 PDT When it was almost time for the Jewish Passover, Jesus went up to Jerusalem. In the temple courts he found men selling cattle, sheep and doves, and others sitting at tables exchanging money. So he made a whip of cords, and drove all from the temple area, both sheep and cattle; he scattered the coins of the money changers and overturned their tables. To those who sold the doves he said, "Get these out of here! How dare you turn my Father's house into a market!"
John 2:13-16
God's temple was being misused by people who had turned it into a marketplace. They had forgotten, or simply didn't care, that God's house is a place of worship, not a place for turning a profit. Our attitude toward the church is also skewed if we see it as a place for personal contacts or business advantage. Our purpose there should be the same as everyone else: to worship God in one accord.
Jesus was obviously angry at the merchants who exploited those who had come to God's house to worship. There is a difference between uncontrolled rage and righteous indignation - yet both are called anger. We must be very careful how we use the powerful emotion of anger. It is right to be angry about injustice and sin; but it is wrong to be angry over trivial personal offenses. It is important to know the difference. As adults, many of us still throw fits much akin to the way we did when we were small children. We need to be careful how we act at all times, because we never know who is watching and our actions speak very loudly as they pertain to our witness and testimony of Jesus Christ in our lives.
God bless you,
JH
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