Monday, April 11, 2022
Lord, after Your triumphant entrance into the holy city Jerusalem, cleaning house was one of the first items on Your agenda during that Holy Week. Over the years You had seen the corruption taking place in the Temple grounds by the unscrupulous merchants and dishonest priests, selling “sacrificial” lambs and doves, cheating the worshippers who in good faith came to worship Passover. You had enough. The people were shocked how the kind and gentle Jesus of Nazareth overturned their tables, scattered their goods and animals, and drove them from Your Temple. “My House shall be called a House of Prayer, but you have turned it into a den of thieves,” You declared with Your holy authority (Matthew 21:12, 13). You cleansed the sin that had infested Your Temple.
The all-too-human psalmist realized he had “tables” that needed overturning in his life. Scripture tells Christ-followers are Your Temple because Your Spirit lives within us (1 Corinthians 6:19). I too realize tables within my heart that You did not set up and need overturning. The psalmist prayed, risking vulnerability. “Search me, O God . . . Point out anything in me that offends You. and lead me along the path of everlasting life” (Psalm 139:23,24). Oh, Lord. If I pray that prayer I may not like what You reveal, but I know tables must be overturned for me to be the Christ-follower You created me to be. Am I cheating You, Lord, out of time, attention, and growing closer to You? Am I withholding affection that is rightfully Yours? Forgive me Lord.
May I sincerely echo the psalmist’s prayer. Once I begin the effort of overturning my tables, I know You will jump in to help turn them over completely. Amen.
THANKFUL 
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