Don’t Neglect God’s House

 Scripture:

“I immediately confronted the leaders and demanded, “Why has the Temple of God been neglected?” Then I called all the Levites back again and restored them to their proper duties.”  ‭‭Nehemiah‬ ‭13‬:‭11‬ ‭NLT‬‬

Observation:

Nehemiah had returned to Babylon to report to the king of the rebuilding of the wall he had commissioned. He had built the wall and established worship before he left. When he returned, he realized that things were not being done as he had established. He said, “Why has the Temple of God been neglected?” It bothered him that the Temple of God was neglected.

Application:

It is important that we not neglect the Temple of God in our days. Yes, our bodies are the Temple of the Holy Spirit now and He resides within us, but there is also an aspect of worship that we must bring to the Lord. We must not neglect our worship in the church in our day. Many give God their leftovers and expect the paid staff to do all the work of the ministry. This is not right. We cannot neglect God’s house and we must give Him our very best in every area. No matter what we do for the Lord, we must not neglect it. We must give Him our very best worship.

Prayer:

Father, help me to give my very best to Your worship. Help me to be as passionate as Nehemiah about making sure worship continues and is done right. Help me to not just go with the flow, but to challenge people to serve the Lord with excellence. Help me not to neglect Your work, but to organize and administrate to make sure what we do for You is done well.

Yours Forever,

Jeff