26 Jan 2010, Posted by spittingimage in General, No Comments.

Build the Walls

1
Corinthians 6:15

¹⁵Do you
not know that your bodies are members of Christ himself? Shall I then take the
members of Christ and unite them with a prostitute? Never!

1
Corinthians 6:19-20

Listen to this passage

¹⁹Do you
not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you
have received from God? You are not your own; ²⁰you were
bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your body.

Ephesians 6:10-17 (New International Version)

The Armor of God

¹⁰Finally,
be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. ¹¹Put on
the full armor of God so that you can take your stand against the devil's
schemes. ¹²For our struggle is not against flesh and
blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of
this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly
realms. ¹³Therefore put on the full armor of God, so
that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and
after you have done everything, to stand. ¹⁴Stand firm
then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of
righteousness in place, ¹⁵and with your feet fitted with
the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace. ¹⁶In
addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can
extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. ¹⁷Take
the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.

Nehemiah 4:15-18 (New International Version)

¹⁵ When
our enemies heard that we were aware of their plot and that God had frustrated
it, we all returned to the wall, each to his own work.

¹⁶ From
that day on, half of my men did the work, while the other half were equipped
with spears, shields, bows and armor. The officers posted themselves behind all
the people of Judah ¹⁷ who were building the wall.
Those who carried materials did their work with one hand and held a weapon in
the other, ¹⁸ and each of the builders wore his
sword at his side as he worked. But the man who sounded the trumpet stayed with
me.

Let’s
just get to the quick of it, your bodies are a living temple of God’s. You were bought with a price through Jesus
Christ and you are now a child of the Living God. Do you want to live the rest of your days on
this earth as status quo or do you want more out of life? Do you want to be the Spiritual leader that
God wants you to be? Follow his word and
just don’t read it, but listen to it, eat it daily and grow in stature by
becoming a disciple of Christ. I embedded
an image from the movie, Lord of the Rings. I think the symbolism is very appropriate in
that we do not wrestle against flesh and blood…we need to equip ourselves daily
and be prepared for war. We need to read
the Bible, pray continuously and obey God’s precepts. We are a holy people and we cannot serve two
masters: God and Sin. The two do not go together and God is not
mocked. Imagine the walls in the video
clip are actually the walls of our heart and if we give in to the ways of this
world and do not allow God to be Lord over our lives. We are at war with an enemy who is taking no
prisoners. What fruit is your walk
bearing? The fruit of the Spirit or of
the sinful nature? (Galatians 5) The
choice is yours…are you ready? Let's get serious about discipleship and your call to Spiritual Leadership.