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ENGAGE YOUR WHOLE TEMPLE

Written by: Fiona Pyszka

Learn how to use all of you to engage in all of what God has placed you on earth to do.  As Christians we have the added bonus of utilizing our Spirit man that is powered by the Holy Spirit, the same Spirit that raised Jesus from the dead.  This same Spirit comes to dwell in us when we received Jesus as our savior. The bible tells us that we are the temple of the Holy Spirit.  So how do we utilize the “whole” temple to fulfill God’s “whole” assignment in our life.

A good place to do that would be to look at the most successful person to ever do this, JESUS.  Yes, Jesus fulfilled exactly what He came to earth to do.  What did He do with His temple?  Here’s an example of what He did:

• Utilized His mind and intellectual skills to understand the environment He was working in – He went to the temple when He was 12 and sat with the elders and learned what they knew – Luke 2:42-46
• Engaged His Emotions – The bible refers to Jesus weeping over Jerusalem, and being moved with compassion.  He used His emotions to recognize and then respond to the suffering unnecessarily of people around Him.  He taught them and healed and raised people from the dead and cast out demons as a result of the emotions He felt. Luke 19:41; Acts 10:38; I Peter 2:15
• He recognized how people and creation around Him responded to His Father’s Will. He cleaned out the temple that was not used as a house of prayer. He cursed the fig tree that looked like it had fruit but had none. He rebuked the storm raging at sea. He acknowledged the people who responded to Him in faith. He publicly acknowledged the worshiper who brought perfume for His feet. He rebuked Peter who thought He was being loyal by speaking against His death. Matt 21:15-15; Mark 11:15-17; Luke 19:45-46; Matt 15:28; Matt 8:10; Luke 7:9; Matt 26:9-13; Matt 21:18-19; Matt 16:22-23
• He managed His Body to do what He wanted – He fasted for 40 days and nights in the wilderness.  Note He did not fast in a comfortable place, the wilderness was not exactly a prayer closet somewhere in town.  The wilderness was the place that danger lurked all times of the day, whether with creatures at night or temperatures of the day.  Jesus walked to many places, He traveled with all kinds of transportation to get to the locations He needed to be.  He ate with all kinds of people. Matt 4:2; Mark 1:15; Mark 8:13; Matt 9:10
• He Rested – Jesus took time to rest. He did what His Father did. He rested in the boat in the middle of the storm. Matt 8:24;
• Jesus fed His Spirit – Jesus prayed all night on occasions.  He also gave one of His biggest secrets, He said that He didn’t do anything He didn’t first see His Father do.  Amazing that He fed His Spirit and did might works by seeing (had a visual) of what His Father did. Matt 14:23; John 14:31

My Question to you

There are many more examples of how Jesus engaged His entire temple to do what He was here on this earth to do. But my question to you is, how much of you do you utilize to discover and fulfill what the Father has asked you and sent you here to do?

Your Mind

I believe that Paul hit on something when he told us to renew our mind.  It is a key component to reshaping our believe system in Jesus Christ. It is the Word of God that will give us the right mold to shape our futures by.  I would encourage you to take a closer look at how you have utilized the Word of God to renew your mind.

Our Help for you

At Victory Christian Fellowship we want to see people inherit all that God has set up for them. We want the benefits of you knowing God to be realized in your life here on this earth.  For this reason, we have 4 discipleship classes that we are holding this year. The first class is on Saturday March 1^st right here at the church. Click here for more details.  Start the process now of engaging your entire temple for God.