"All the money of the dedicated things that is brought into the house of the LORD...Let the priests take it to them...and repair the breaches of the house, wheresoever any breach shall be found" (2 Kings 12:4-5)
So in the last post I talked about getting rid of everything not Christ, and what a happy coincidence, this next chapter describes what we should do with those Christ-things that are left. King Jehoash tells the priests to use money not to continue to furnish the temple with treasure for the Lord, but to use it to repair breaches. And guess what, God was okay with that.
Temples are also houses of refuge, and must be maintained for safety, that no one not worthy can come in to pollute the house.
We are temples. And we have been furnishing ourselves with testimonies, with beautiful prayers and cross-stitched scriptures on pillows. Now, these are not bad things. But, what are they all good for? The Primary Answers--prayer, scriptures, church--are first and foremost for protection. They are how we invite the Holy Spirit and keep out other influences that seek to do us harm. We must use the things of God to protect ourselves, to make certain that there is no chink in our armor, or tear in our robes. Or in others. We can use the things of the Spirit to protect ourselves and others, to maintain a wholeness of being a spiritual creature in Christ. In fact, that appears to be why God gives us these things in the first place. Protected, we can better concentrate on becoming holy, like Him.
Do not let testimonies or faith stagnant as they wait for special occasions or blatant spiritual moments. Every second is a spiritual moment.
"Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savor, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing" (Matt 5:13)
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