Matthew 21:12-13 CEB

Then Jesus went into the temple and threw out all those who were selling and buying there. He pushed over the tables used for currency exchange and the chairs of those who sold doves. 

He said to them, 

"It's written, My house will be called a house of prayer.

But you've made it a hideout for crooks."

Matthew 21:12-13 CEB

What was Jesus doing the week before he was crucified?

Overturning tables.

Cleaning out the temple.

Returning the temple to it's purpose as a house of prayer.

The culture had taken over the temple, little by little crept in, maybe even under the guise of doing something good (like "how convenient to sell doves for sacrifice in the temple").

But something fundamental had gone astray and Jesus said it all has to go and literally threw people out.

I'm wondering in this week before Easter what needs to be tipped over in my "temple", in my life?

What has crept in under the guise of being something good that needs to go?

Maybe it's a someone, a person, a relationship that pulls us down, is destructive.

Maybe it's an activity that started as a good thing and is now heading towards becoming The Thing.

I wonder if Jesus wandered through my "temple" what he would say has to go?

And what He would invite me back to?

What would a clear out open up for us?

#somethingtochewon

#easter2025

#clearout

#invitation

#rememberweareBeloved