FAITH CAPSULE: What does it mean to be zealous for God?

John 2

In the life of Jesus, what it means to have a zeal for God is evident in His journey of life.
The Bible records the demonstration of 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” (John 2:13-17).
To have the zeal for God is living life, seeking God diligently.
The zeal of Jesus is documented for our 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.
Without the zeal for God, there will be no boldness and character for the acclaimed believer of the word of God to flush out activities of the world in the temple. 
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, pour and overturn all wicked world activities outside of the temple of God.
Are you a temple of God that is full of activities that are not of God?  
With the zeal of God, one will recognize that the house of God is not the house of merchandise, and to stand against the merchandise of the world.
One with the zeal of God will not compromise the word of God in the temple of God.
The boldness and character of Jesus is the reason why His disciples said, “Zeal for Your house has eaten Me up” 
To be eaten up by the zeal for God is one that is build up by the word of God and one meditating the word of God day and night.
Why not desire to become one that is eaten up by the zeal of God?
It is wise to engage prayer, not a determination to become one with the zeal for God.
Manifestly, until the zeal of God eats up a believer, the possibility of having a clean temple will not be possible. 
Do you have the zeal for God?
With the zeal for God, the presence of God will have a place in your life.
In life, desire for the zeal for God to eat you up and to set and settle you before God. 

Prayer for today: Ask for the Zeal of God to eat you up, that you live life in all God-given days to you.