FAITH CAPSULE: Jesus had a zeal for the things of God.

What does it mean to be zealous for God?
The documentation of the life of Jesus is what it means to have a zeal for God.
John 2:13-17 records a 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”.
The evidence of having the zeal of Jesus for God is living life for God by seeking God diligently.
With the zeal for God, there will be boldness and character for the acclaimed believer of the word of God to stand against activities that are not of God. 
Are you zealous for God?
Jesus could not look away from world activities in the temple when he drove to pour and overturn all wicked world activities out of the temple of God.
Do you know that you are the temple of God?
1 Corinthians 6:19-20 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.”   
As a temple of God, what do you carry that is not or of God? 
With the zeal for God, it shall be able to recognize that the house of God is not the house of merchandise but to stand against the activities of the world.
One with a zeal for God will not compromise the word of God in the temple of God.
The disciples testify of Jesus for His boldness and character, “…Zeal for Your house has eaten Me up” (John 2:17) 
Do you have a zeal for God that has eaten you up by the things of God?
To be eaten up by the zeal for God is one that is built up by the word of God, meditating the word of God day and night.
Why not desire to be eaten up by the zeal of God?
Jesus reacted to the temple, “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.” (John 2:15) 
With self-deception, every worldly activity occupies the majority temple.
Jesus knows all the temples with deception, not living right before God.

Prayer for today: Ask Jesus to flush out all that is not of God in your life.