Guard the sacredness of your souls

Morning: Psalms 87, 90; Judges 9:22-25, 50-57; Acts 4:32-5:11

Evening: Psalm 136; John 2:13-25

After throwing moneychangers out of the temple - they have made it a marketplace - Jesus challenges those who challenge him: “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.” The Gospel writer says Jesus is speaking about the temple of his body, foreshadowing his resurrection from death. Are we not also temples, our bodies sacred places? Yet sometimes we may feel like commodities, just skills and labour sold in the marketplace? Perhaps Jesus is also saying: ... ‘Guard the sacredness of your souls; do not fear, I will raise you up when you miss the mark.’