Need Your Tables Overturned?

"When it was almost time for the Jewish Passover, Jesus went up to Jerusalem. In the temple courts he found people selling cattle, sheep and doves, and others sitting at tables exchanging money. So he made a whip out of cords, and drove all from the temple courts, both sheep and cattle; he scattered the coins of the money changers and overturned their tables. To those who sold doves he said, “Get these out of here! Stop turning my Father’s house into a market!” John 2:13–16

When Jesus entered the temple courts and saw people buying and selling, His heart burned with anger. The temple, meant to be a house of prayer and worship, had been turned into a marketplace. The people were inside the temple, but their hearts were far from God—distracted by greed, money, and selfish gain.

In the New Testament, Paul reminds us that our bodies are now the temple of the Holy Spirit (1 Cor. 6:19–20). Just as Jesus cleansed the temple, God desires to cleanse us. Though we may appear to be in His presence outwardly, our hearts can often be cluttered with distractions—ambitions, pleasures, sins, and worries—that keep us from true worship.

God is love, but He is also holy. His love is not weak tolerance; it is a consuming fire that burns against sin. He is jealous for us—not in insecurity, but in perfect desire that our hearts would belong fully to Him.

The question is: what needs to be cleared from the temple of our lives today? Are there hidden distractions, habits, or desires taking the place of God in our hearts?

Let us invite Christ, the same Lord who once overturned tables, to overturn whatever keeps us from Him. Only then can we worship Him in purity and freedom, living as temples that truly glorify God.

Prayer:
Lord, I confess that many distractions fill my heart. Cleanse me as You cleansed the temple. Remove anything unholy within me, and help me to live as Your holy dwelling. Amen.

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  1. YinglihSeptember 29, 2025 at 6:21 AM

    Thankyou so much for remaining me, my sins and my desires for unwanted things 🥺

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