This week I plan to walk through the last week of Jesus' life on earth. Yesterday, marked the beginning of Jesus' final week on earth. We call it Palm Sunday. Nearly 2000 years ago, Jesus rode into the city of Jerusalem on a donkey. People lined the streets waving palm branches and proclaiming, "Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord." By the end of the week, many in this same crowd would be calling for his crucifixtion. Not much has changed about people over the course of generations. There are those who yesterday were proclaiming the glory of God and today will be crucifying Jesus all over by an ungodly lifestyle. People can be fickle.
Today, Monday, marks another interesting day. On this day nearly 2000 years ago, Jesus entered the Temple and began clearing it out, overtuning tables and chasing the money changers out, saying, "My house will be called a house of prayer, but you have made it a den of robbers." (Matthew 21:13) He then began healing the blind and lame that came to him.
Today would be a good day to do some personal reflection. The scriptures speak of our body as being the temple of the Holy Spirit. God resides within us. Is there some clearing out that needs to be done within us? Perhaps it has to do with being angry with someone. or bitter towards someone. or maybe some secret sin that need to be confessed before God. Take a few moments this day to cleanse you temple (body) of those things that may be keeping you from experiencing everything that God has for your life.
"If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness. If we claim we have not sinned, we make him out to be a liar and his word has no place in our lives." (1 John 1:9-10)
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