October 20: 1 Corinthians 3:10-17
 
Key Verse: 1 Corinthians 3:16
Don’t you know that you yourselves are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit lives among you?
 
Devotion:
What do you build your Christian life on? Do you advertise the fact you go to a huge mega-church as if it means something special or do you hide the fact you are not attending any church because you cannot cope with the people in church? We all have our differences as Christians just as all people are different in ‘normal’ life; we each have our own personal needs.
 
But, as the writer reminds us in these verses, we have to build our Christianity on a true and solid foundation – and that foundation is Christ Jesus! If we build our lives on anything other than Christ at the centre, we are living a life in this world instead of living a life with Christ.
 
Even though the Holy Spirit lives within each of us, if we are not going to allow the Spirit to work in us, then we are ignoring God’s constant calls. We need to take heed of what God says to us, not just from the words written down in our bibles, or the words recorded by others which Jesus spoke, but every step of this relationship with Christ through the Spirit.
 
Take time to stop and listen to what God says in your life. Take time to think about what God has in store for you. If you blindly rush into things because it could be what God is saying, you are living your own life and not what God wants in your life. Listen careful and prayerfully to all of what God is saying to you in all ways. If we are depending on Christ, we are all working toward the same goal – just in very different ways to what churches expect!
 
Points to Ponder:
Do you live with Christ at the centre of your life?
 
Do you listen carefully and prayerfully to the Holy Spirit?