Day 5 - March 4th 2022
READ John 2:13-25
13 When it was almost time for the Jewish Passover, Jesus went up to Jerusalem. 14 In the temple courts he found people selling cattle, sheep and doves, and others sitting at tables exchanging money. 15 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. 16 To those who sold doves he said, “Get these out of here! Stop turning my Father’s house into a market!” 17 His disciples remembered that it is written: “Zeal for your house will consume me.”
18 The Jews then responded to him, “What sign can you show us to prove your authority to do all this?”
19 Jesus answered them, “Destroy this temple, and I will raise it again in three days.”
20 They replied, “It has taken forty-six years to build this temple, and you are going to raise it in three days?” 21 But the temple he had spoken of was his body. 22 After he was raised from the dead, his disciples recalled what he had said. Then they believed the scripture and the words that Jesus had spoken.
23 Now while he was in Jerusalem at the Passover Festival, many people saw the signs he was performing and believed in his name. 24 But Jesus would not entrust himself to them, for he knew all people. 25 He did not need any testimony about mankind, for he knew what was in each person.
Think about John 2:17 “His disciples remembered that it was written, ‘Zeal for your house will consume me.’”
The dictionary defines zeal as “fervor for a person, cause, or object.” The word itself is synonymous with the feelings, expressions, and experiences of intense passion. Zeal can be found in the blazing heat of our emotions when, try as we may, we cannot resist reacting in the moment. Zeal cannot and does not take a passive posture or sit idle when action is demanded. The Bible calls us ‘God’s temple’. And Jesus is just as zealous for us as He was for the Temple in John 2. When it comes to your heart, your soul, and your life, you will find no passivity in Him. He WILL protect His house.
Know that you are recklessly and relentlessly pursued and protected by the Author and Creator of all things. Live and walk this day in the knowledge that the King of kings is consumed by His passion and desire for you. Where do you see this truth in your life?