Scripture

And the temple, when it was being built, was built with stone finished at the quarry, so that no hammer or chisel or any iron tool was heard in the temple while it was being built.
(1 Kings 6:7)

Devotional

God's chosen people were commanded twice in the book of Leviticus, "Reverence My sanctuary: I am the Lord." Reverence is defined as a feeling of profound awe, respect, love and adoration. Therefore, when the temple was being built there was an attitude of reverence.
There remains a time and a place for reverence. The worship of God was not, and is not, to be taken lightly. When we stand praising and worshipping the Creator of the universe, we are standing in His presence.
We are now His sanctuary. As the apostle Paul admonished the Corinthians, we are also admonished, "Do you not know that you are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you?" Just as there was to be a reverence in the building of the first temple, there is to be a reverence in the edification of the new temple, whose temple you are.

(1) Leviticus 19:30, Leviticus 26:2, (2) 1 Corinthians 3:16, (3) 1 Corinthians 3:17

Text For The Day

1 Kings 6:7: And the temple, when it was being built, was built with stone finished at the quarry, so that no hammer or chisel or any iron tool was heard in the temple while it was being built.

Thought For The Day

“A study once disclosed that if both Mom and Dad attend church regularly, 72 percent of their children remain faithful in attendance. If only Dad attends regularly, 55 percent remain faithful. If only Mom attends regularly, 15 percent remain faithful. If neither attend regularly, only 6 percent remain faithful.” Warren Mueller, Leadership Magazine

Questions To Ponder

Does a sanctified building merit reverence?
What merits reverence?
Do you reverence the temple of God, whose temple you are?

Morning Study Guide

Defining: “Sanctuary”: A sacred place, a place set aside for the purpose of worship and godly fellowship.

Referencing: “Now this is the main point of the things we are saying: We have such a High Priest, who is seated at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens, a Minister of the sanctuary and of the true tabernacle which the Lord erected, and not man,” Hebrews 8:1-2.

Applying: Remember, you are a living sanctuary.