CHRISTIANS ARE DIFFERENT THAN THE WORLD

And what agreement has the temple of God with idols? For you are the temple of the living God. As God has said “I will dwell in them And walk among them.  I will be their God, And they shall be My people.”—2 Corinthians 6:16

Writing to Christian believers, the Apostle Paul is reminding them that they are not like the world.  Something is different about them.  He is saying that the Christ-believer is not like those who serve Satan; those who are of the world.  He reminds the Christ-believer that he or she is the temple of the living God and that He—God dwells with them and walks among them.

I want to encourage you today to be aware the God lives in you, and that He walks and talks with you.   He wants to have fellowship with you everyday.  Jesus came and restored the position that humankind had with God in the beginning.  Through His shed blood humanities relationship is restored with God.  However a relationship is two-way, it is between God and you; you and God.  A relationship functions only to the degree that the persons involved are committed to each other.  Our commitment to God is reflected in how we reflect Him to our world.

We can reflect God and His perspectives to the world, every time we encounter people and treat them the way God sees them.  Christ-believers are different than the world.  They are patient, kind, faithful and gentle.  Full of love, joy and peace and are self-controlled.  “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law.  And those who are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires” (Galatians 5:24).

Prayer—Heavenly Father thank You that You have made me into Your image and into Your likeness and that You live in me.  I ask You to help me be mindful that I am not alone that You are with me every step of the way and all through my days, in Jesus’ name. Amem.