Purification Of God’s House

A preacher once said; Tell me what you think about money, and I will tell you what you think about God, for these two are closely related. A man’s heart is closer to his wallet than anything else.

After weeping for Jerusalem yesterday, Jesus went into Jerusalem and into the Temple. He found the sellers of oxen and sheep and pigeons and the money changers at their business. He made a whip of cord, He turned their tables and casted them all out.

This is a sign of his purpose to purify us by dying for our sins. He showed his passion for God’s temple to be purified. The purpose was to tell us that God takes our worship seriously. His compassion towards us is beyond all telling. He did this because the money changers were not only dishonoring God’s house they were also unjust to people in their sales.

We are in a money-craving world and people can do anything whatsoever to acquire wealth; theft, fraud, magic, robbery, kidnapping, assassination, ritual-killings, terrorism etc.

All these evil ways are the ways that affects our worship. In our society and in the nation at large, we go about attending religious functions and yet the society is corroding away with bribery and corruption in its marrow.
Purification of God’s house or the society must begin with ourselves. We are God’s house. God’s temple and charity begins at home.

May we work for peace and real mutual understanding. May we strive for a better tomorrow as we hold the fort with unity and progress in our mind, body and spirit. May we seek refuge in God to whom all worship and adoration belongs to. May we continue to refine our minds and heart according to the will of God.

Cast me not away from your presence O Lord, take not your Holy Spirit from me. Restore unto me the joy of my salvation and renew the right spirit within me. Lord be the Master of my soul. Amen.

Osho