FAITH CAPSULE: With word of God, sanctify your inn for grand celebration of the coming of Jesus.
2 Chronicles 29
Man is a temple of God where the Spirit of God dwells. 1Corithians 3:16 confirmed, “Do you not know that you are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you?” Are you a temple that is sanctified for the Spirit of God to dwell? As a temple, are you open for Jesus’ knocking to come in and dwell in you? December is the season to celebrate the birth of Jesus yet, the celebrants are closed and not open for Jesus. Celebrating Him with a closed temple is a waste, the evidence of lack of understanding. Jesus is knocking but man is closed as Revelation 3:20 recorded, “Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and dine with him, and he with Me.” In this season engage a reasonable celebration of Jesus’ birth with a repaired inn and become accommodate-able inn for Jesus.
The challenge of celebrant of Jesus’ birth is lack of repaired inn that is accommodate-able for Jesus to enter and dwell. Without doubt, celebration without reparation is not accommodate-able for the dwelling of Jesus which makes man empty of God. Celebration without inn that is repaired and sanctify is the evidence that ignorance makes a destitute of celebrants of Jesus’ birth. Is your inn opened and ready to accept Jesus?
Bible recorded about Hezekiah when he became king of Judah, “In the first year of his reign, in the first month, he opened the doors of the house of the Lord and repaired them. Then he brought in the priests and the Levites, and gathered them in the East Square, and said to them: “Hear me, Levites! Now sanctify yourselves, sanctify the house of the Lord God of your fathers, and carry out the rubbish from the holy place.” (2 Chronicles 29:3-5) Among the first things Hezekiah did when he became King of Judah was to open the temple for reparation. The Word of God is written for our learning to open inn with reparation. Jesus is standing at the door knocking. Hezekiah did not just open the door for celebration, he opened it for reparation. For a long time, you have had the door of your heart opened, but lack wisdom, knowledge and understanding to have inn opened for the dwelling of Jesus. Hezekiah did not open the door of temple for playing religion; he brought in those that were qualified to work inside the temple. From today, begin to allow the word of God to start cleaning your inn for acceptable celebration of Jesus. Grand visitation of Jesus is coming, do not settle for religious celebration in this season.
Prayer for today: Ask God for the grace to open the door of your inner heart for the dwelling of Jesus.