A House Not Built with Human Hands

II Corinthians 5:1-10 The Psalmist David, declares in Psalm 139:4 that,"... I am fearfully and wonderfully made...” And we certainly are. The way all the parts of our body work together in concert is nothing short of miraculous. But we are made of earthly elements that are going to wear out. In II Corinthians 4:7, Paul refers to them as “jars of clay.” The “jars” are not designed to last forever, but the contents are! Paul tells us that when this “earthly tent” Jar of clay) is destroyed (dies), we have a building from God, in heaven that's eternal. It is the one that Jesus was referring to in John 14, when He said, “I go to prepare a place for you, that where I am, there you may be also.” As humans, we have this way of being able to adapt to our surroundings fairly well. If we are put in a situation that is cluttered and dirty and the neighborhood is less than the best, we may not ever like it; but we tend to get used to it and tolerate it. May even feel that, “well this is just the way it is — get used to it.” This is kind of the way it is when we are in sin and lost. It seems pretty normal. When Jesus comes in, however, and the deposit of the Holy Spirit is placed within us — we begin to get a taste of what is to come. The more we focus on what He has done in our lives the less comfortable we are with the dirt and clutter of our lives. In the same way that we would consider it obscene to put manure on our dinner plates, it should be the same to introduce sin into our new relationship with God. It’s true on a picnic we often have to put up with sand and bugs, and they may from time to time get into our food. I’d be willing to bet we don’t allow them an extended stay. In the same way, the sin that comes into our lives, let it be short lived and certainly not what we consciously introduce.