12/18/07 - Life Journal - 24/7 Church

So the Jews said to him, "What sign do you show us for doing these things?" Jesus answered them, "Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up." The Jews then said, "It has taken forty-six years to build this temple, and will you raise it up in three days?" But he was speaking about the temple of his body. When therefore he was raised from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this, and they believed the Scripture and the word that Jesus had spoken.
John 2:18-22

The Jews completely missed the point. The building is not the temple. His body incarnate was the temple to which Jesus was referring. They were too caught up in their worldly thoughts to see the Living God in front of Him.

We're just as caught up in our day to day to see our Creator all around us and our minds are too centered on this life to hear Jesus speaking to us. Nowhere is it more evident then our emphasis on Sunday mornings. His church was never meant to be pent up in buildings and our Christian walk put on hold 6 days a week. He is with us 24/7 and as such we are His church 24/7. We, like the Jews above, are missing the point!

Father, take our "one day a week" mindset and rip it to shreds. Everything is secondary to your purpose for us.