No temple needed

I am going to be honest, one of the most difficult parts about having a relationship with Christ is that there are so many distractions. No matter how disciplined you are in your walk, there are distractions everywhere. With the lives that we live right now, we have to put in effort and take time out of or day in order to really grow.

I believe that Christ's presence is always there, we just aren't aware of it most of the time.

Going to church takes effort. Most of the time we wake up, get ready, and spend a couple hours at church on Sunday mornings. As of late, we stop what we do and we pull up online service. It takes time and effort.

So none of this is bad. That's not it. But what if I told you that someday a temple won't be needed...

I did not see a temple in the city, because the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are its temple. The city does not need the sun or the moon to shine on it, for the glory of God gives it light, and the Lamb is its lamp. The nations will walk by its light, and the kings of the earth will bring their spender into it. On no day will its gates ever be shut, for there will be no night there. The glory and honor of the nations will be brought into it. Nothing impure will ever enter it, nor will anyone who does what is shameful or deceitful, but only those who names are written in the Lamb's book of life.
(Revelation 21:22-27)

Does that excite you or what?!

I know when I read that this morning and really medicated on it, I can't wait to get to that point where the glory of God will give everything light and we will always be in his presence. I think about how fulfilled Christ makes me feel in the midst of all the distractions and I cannot even wrap my mind around what that will feel like when there aren't any.

It's a feeling that my soul and my heart long for and I hope you feel the same way.

I hope you are encouraged by what things will be like someday...I know I can't wait to get to that point and I want to make sure that I live a life on earth that is honoring to God always.