FAITH CAPSULE: Why not desire to become one eaten up by the zeal of God?

John 2

The zeal for God is dedication or passion for the things of God.
The documentation of the life of Jesus is what it means to have a zeal for God.
John 2:13-17 records the zeal of Jesus, “Now the Passover of the Jews was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. And He found in the temple those who sold oxen and sheep and doves, and the money changers doing business. When He had made a whip of cords, He drove them all out of the temple, with the sheep and the oxen, and poured out the changers’ money and overturned the tables. And He said to those who sold doves, “Take these things away! Do not make My Father’s house a house of merchandise!” Then His disciples remembered that it was written, “Zeal for Your house has eaten Me up”.
To have the zeal for God is to live life for God by seeking God diligently.
The documentation of the zeal of Jesus is learning to know what it means to live life for the glory of God.
Zeal for God is the evidence of boldness and character, a winning combination for a believer in the word of God.
One with no zeal for God will hardly activate boldness and character to flush out activities of the world in the temple of God. 
Are you zealous for God?
One with zeal for God will always stand against the world of disobedience by looking into the word of God with action. 
Jesus could not look away from world activities in the temple but drove, poured, and overturned all wicked world activities outside of the temple of God.
The Bible identifies the temple of God, “Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own? For you were bought at a price; therefore, glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God’s.” (1 Corinthians 6:19-20)  
With the zeal for God, one will recognize that the acclaimed house of God is not the house of merchandise.
The zeal for God does not accommodate the world activities ongoing in the church.
Jesus demonstrated the boldness and character that prompted His disciples to state, “…Zeal for Your house has eaten Me up” (John 2:17) With desire, let let the things of God eat you up to be full of God!
To be eaten up by the zeal for God is also rooted in meditating on the word of God day and night.
Why not desire to become one eaten up by the zeal of God?
It is wise to engage in prayer, not a determination to become one with the zeal for God. 

Prayer for today: Ask for the Zeal of God to eat you so that you will live life for God.