Destroy This Temple

John 2:19 Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up. 

There are so many ways we can look at destruction. Usually it is an indication that something terrible has happened. When something gets destroyed it is taken as a loss. However, what we are going to find out is that when Jesus destroys something, it can very well become a gain. God destroyed Sodom and Gomorra. Most looked at it as a terrible ruin because there you have people, a whole town to be exact, with all its inhabitants destroyed. If we are not careful we will look at only the negative leaving out the great fact that God didn't stop there. He could have stopped civilization as we know it with our loose living and sinning, but no. He simply destroyed that town and started over. 

So in the verse, Jesus confronts people doing things in the Temple that ought not to be done. What does He do? He gets rid of it. The Jews question His behavior. Jesus tells them that He will raise the very temple they destroy in three days. Jesus was referring to The Cross. I say destroy loosely because satan can't defeat God. Just as Jesus was confident in His Father raising Him up, so should we be today. There may be attacks going on in your life, family, or even friends life. The devil may be doing everything in his little power to destroy you, your relationships, career, peace, etc...however Jesus is capable of ressurecting whatever satan tries to destroy. See, satan can only do what God allows. If God is allowing it, then He will empower you. Don't fret, keep the faith. Let God wreck your temple. Demolish your house because I guarantee greater will come. Job, we all heard his story. His latter was greater than his beginning. God allowed satan to shake him up, but Job held on. Just as a faithful servant should, he embraced God destroying his "temple" only to be established again in better form. Enjoy your week, people! Every destruction isn't bad. God could very well be doing a new thing for you and in you! 

Destroy this temple.

I'm not afraid.

Lord, rebuild my house.

Because in You, is my faith.