HONOUR GOD IN THE BUILDING AND IN YOUR BODY

There was a time we had a bold inscription on the wall of our church that says - “Church is not here”. It raised quite some concerns and sparked conversations.

One of my teachers back in the secondary school saw me and told me that he had sent one of the men in the church office to me. He wanted us to remove it. I smiled and explained to him why it was there.

I asked him some simple questions: Sir, do people fornicate in a church building? He said “That would be terrible”. Do people fornicate in their homes or rooms? “He said, “Yes”. I asked again, “Do the same people who would not fornicate in the church building fornicate in their personal spaces?”

Then I threw the challenge - “Why do people honour a building much more than their body? Is our body not meant to be the temple of God?”

Friends, we need to challenge ourselves to holiness. We must honour the temple of the Lord - both the building and the body. The church is a sacred place. We should treat the church and all that pertains to it with honour. We must never treat the holy as common. Be careful.

Prophet Ezekiel warned us:

"And this is the basic law of the Temple: absolute holiness! The entire top of the mountain where the Temple is built is holy. Yes, this is the basic law of the Temple." Ezekiel 43:12 NLT

It is a shame to see a man who would say to his wife in the church, “I would have beaten you if not that we are in church. If you try this same thing at home”. He has forgotten that we honour the God in the building and also in our home.

It is annoying to see instrumentalists, choir members, ushers and deacons who would appear so righteous in the wedding service lose decorum at the wedding reception. We must learn to honour the Lord beyond the building.

Friends, whatever you cannot do in a church building should not be practised in your private space. In the Garden of Eden, Eden was home for Adam. Eden was office for Adam. Eden was Church for Adam. There was no line.

Your work is worship. Your home is worship. If you see all you do as an act of worship, it will change a lot of things.

Your wedding reception is worship. You must remain as sensitive as you were in the prayer meeting. It is not just one day of your life - it is a day of worship.

Worship is not just weekend and midweek service and you don't have a separate mind called “Church Mind”. Be conscious of His presence all days of the week. Live as the temple of God.

Prayer is not just limited to Sundays. Your worship is not limited to a day. Our trouble and compromise begins the moment we separate our worship from our living.

Everywhere you go, you need to carry an invisible sticker on your heart saying, “Church is here”. When you see the sick, lay hands on them. When you see a brother, break the bread of encouragement. When you see a sinner, share the good news.

Your life is worship - it is not limited to a building.

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