A Place for the Soles of God’s Feet

DAY 242
5-31-10
EZEKIEL 43-45


Good Morning!

Ezekiel witnesses the glory of God entering the temple and hears God’s judgments regarding the desecration of the temple that is “the place of his throne and the soles of his feet.” (43:7)

God wants the temple to be his place among his people forever. Yet, he won’t – he can’t – abide the desecration of the temple with uncircumcised flesh and hearts; uncleanness; immorality.

The applications are clear for us as the new temples of the Holy Spirit. Since God is the one who sanctifies us; makes us pure, clean, and holy, we are to keep ourselves that way. Through Christ, God takes care of our sins; but only we can keep ourselves unstained by the world.

If God felt so passionately about his temple in Ezekiel’s day, why would he feel any less about his temple in our day? Of course, God feels the same way!

Don't you know that you yourselves are God's temple and that God's Spirit lives in you? If anyone destroys God's temple, God will destroy him; for God's temple is sacred, and you are that temple.
(1 Cor. 3:16-17)

Live your life as the temple of God. Purity and righteousness must be your way of life. It’s a big deal to have the glory of God in your life. Live in such a way where God is glad to have you as his throne and a place for the soles of his feet.

Barry