Faith Capsule: Zealousness for God is the key to become a winner for God.

John 2

Zealousness is described as, fervent or enthusiastic devotion or being passionate about one’s own believes. Going by definition of the word Zeal, what does it mean for one to be zealous for God?
In Jesus, we see what it means to be a zealous one for God’s glory.
The bible recorded, “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.” (John 2:13-17)
The action of Jesus is a demonstration of Zeal for God. Jesus would not have been able to flush out negativity in the temple if not for the zeal that was upon Him. In man, Zeal for God is the evidence of boldness and character which is a winning combination.
Are you zealous for God?
Just as zeal is needed in the life of New Testament believer, so it was for the Old Testament believer. The bible makes us to realize that we are the temple of God. 1 Corinthians 6:19-20 stated, “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.” Do you have what it takes to flush out all that does not represent God in your temple? Jesus was able to flush out the temple that was turned to a joint for buying and selling because He was zealous with God’s Zeal. Is your Zeal is God’s zeal or zeal for man’s attention? Jesus stood His ground to do what was right by flushing out negativities in the housed of God. Today, there are so much that needs to be flushed out of temples but believers do not have the zeal to engage flushing out of temples all that is not of God. Zealousness for God is the key to become a winner for God. Zealousness is source of boldness and character to live for the glory of God. Zeal for God does not come by determination. With prayer and desire for the Zeal for God, God will deposit in you all that it takes to be zealous for His glory.

Prayer for today: Ask God for the Zeal for His house to eat you up.