If i could just sit with you a while....

John 2:13-16
When it was almost time for the Jewish Passover, Jesus went up to Jerusalem. In the temple courts he found men selling cattle, sheep and doves, and others sitting at tables exchanging money. So he made a whip out of cords, and drove all from the temple area, both sheep and cattle; he scattered the coins of the money changers and overturned their tables. To those who sold doves he said, "Get these out of here! How dare you turn my Father's house into a market!"

its funny... or not funny i suppose, that when we think of Jesus clearing the temple, angry that the people had made the house of God something other than what it was, we think to ourselves "man that's terrible that people would be selling animals in the Temple!" Then i think of the attitudes that we bring into our faith (not just the church) which are not glorifying to God. Long and the short of it is that the selling of animals was basically greed and selfishness, how often does our greed and selfishness get the better of us in the church? OFTEN! how often in my faith am i motivated by self? OFTEN! we tend to forget so quick what it is all about. its all about Jesus. if we were to take 5 honest minutes looking at ourselves, we don't have it all together we don't 'get it'. we are broken, wounded, fragile, and we have a loving God who has the ability to take all of that and make us whole. with this perspective, it is almost impossible to have self as the focus. looking at my heart i can almost hear Jesus telling me from time to time, "Get these attitudes out of here! How dare you turn my dwelling into something that does not bring my Father glory!" rather than allowing this to be a condemnation, i accept the Grace God offers and thank him for the push back to the important, back to his throne.

"If i could just sit with You a while, if you could just hold me
Nothing could touch me though i'm wounded, though i die
If i could just sit with You a while, i need you to hold me
Moment by moment, 'till forever passes by"
-Mercy Me