JESUS PURIFIES OUR HEARTS

Today's Gospel reading is about Jesus cleansing the temple (John 2: 13-25). Jesus was angry with the materialistic activity taking place in the temple. It was with a righteous anger that He drove out the livestocks and overturned the money changer tables.

Jesus saw the oppressive, disruptive, evil dealings in the temple as an insult against God. He was consumed with righteous anger against such scandalous disrespect for God’s place of worship. He came to purify the Temple showing that He had come to remove all barriers to the true worship of God. He came to open the way to the true worship of God.

We are living under the New Covenant and our bodies are the Temple of the Holy Spirit. Jesus uses the temple as a spiritual sign. The real temple, the real place God, is the human heart. God dwells in us.The only way to keep our heart clean is to have Christ in our lives.

It is Jesus that cleanses us and changes us. Jesus’ Word and the power of the Holy Spirit change the evil in us. We must look unto Jesus for a genuine change to take place within us.

Is there any distraction in your life that is keeping you from worshipping God?