Temple Idea

1 Corinthians 3:16:

Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?

The temple is a glorious picture. The earth-shattering, life-sustaining presence of God was there. Isaiah saw the Lord, 'The train of his robe filled the temple... and the whole earth is filled with his glory.' Many Christians pray that they would see God's glory manifest in the earth. They hope that Isaiah's vision would take its place in reality - that the whole earth would be filled with his glory. This is a great ambition, yet it is backwards thinking. The glory didn't come from the outside in, it came from the inside out. I am the temple of the living God. His glory is revealed in me and from me God can find his way into the world.