The house of God is what we call the temple or Sanctuary where we worship.
Do you not know that you are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you?If anyone defiles the temple of God, God will destroy him. For the temple of God is holy, which temple you are. – 1 Corinthians 3:16-17
http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1Corinthians3:16-17&version=NKJV
Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own?For you were bought at a price; therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God’s. – 1 Corinthians 6:19-20
http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1Corinthians6:19-20&version=NKJV
My body is the temple of God.
I am the church.
You are the church.
Therefore, in Ecclesiastes 5:1, when it says, “Guard your steps when you go to the house of God…”
What I hear is when I go to another person who is a believer, that person being a house of God, I am to guard my steps.
We missed this. We have been missing this. We miss this in our interactions with one another.
I am the house of God.
You are the house of God.
When we go near to one another what we are to do is listen, rather than offer the sacrifice of fools, which is to do a lot of talking.
In Ecclesiastes 5:2, we see that our mouths is not the only thing that speaks. Our hearts speak also, to God.
We can say one thing out of our mouths, but what are we saying to God?
The instruction given is simple: Let our words be few.
Level up.
Ecclesiastes 5:3 is clear that the one ‘of many words’ is a fool. End of story.
It says a lot to me as a writer, as an author, and as a constant creator.
My writing has required a great deal of studying. In the studying, I have entered into the temple of God to listen. In listening, I have heard and learned.
It is what I am learning that I share. But, not only do I share, I am also paying attention for myself which is resulting in this change that I am experiencing.
My husband would tell you that I am not the person he first married. The word of God is changing me.
Amazing grace.
I once was blind, but now I see…
clearer and clearer,
from Faith to Faith.
I once was foolish, but little by little I am putting off my foolish ways with the help of the Holy Spirit.
Level Up.
Ecclesiastes 5:4-7 needs to be a part of marriage vows.
1. When you make a vow to God, do not delay and fulfilling it. (Verse 4.)
When you stand in the front of many people in what we call marriage ceremonies…
When you stand in the presence of many temples of God (there may be some present who are not walking as temples of God yet [h. vet], but there will be some present who are [h. bet] )…
… and you make vows to the person you are choosing to marry,
… and you say, “I do!”
God’s word tells us to not delay in fulfilling it.
Do not make a vow that you have no intention of fulfilling. (Verse 5.)
Ecclesiastes 5:6 tells us to not let our mouth lead us into sin.
Divorce is not an option. Threats of divorce and separation is a sin against God to whom we made the vow as we stood before the temple of God.
The problem is that we don’t view one another as we actually are. We see the flesh, the body, and we don’t recognize the temple of God.
I am the temple of God. My husband is the temple of God. When I go before him, for any reason, I am to guard my steps and Let My Words Be Few because I am coming in before the temple of God.
My friends are individually the temple of God. When I go before my friends, I am to guard my steps and watch that my words are few.
I am to see others as they truly are,…
Our breath is the spirit of God blown into our nostrils. So, I am to see the temple of God in others. Regardless of whether they understand the temple of God is in me.
I need to know who I am and I need to be known by God and that’s all that matters. If I am hidden in the presence of others, it is God who hides me for a season, for his purpose, and for my protection as he matures me.
Level up.
Ecclesiastes 5:7 says that much dreaming and many words are meaningless.
We step into relationships blindly when our attraction is purely physical, based upon looks, and the lies of a tongue that can say, “I love you” yet will curse and/ or disrespect you with the very next breath it takes.
We stepped into relationships blindly when we based our imaginations of what a relationship should look like upon the fairy tales of television.
We step into a relationship blindly when we do not see a person as they truly are – the temple of God, and treat them as such. I am talking about how we treat others, and not how they treat us.
This is because the Law of Attraction says that whatever I focus my energy on will come back to me. By focusing my energy on what I want to achieve, the law states that I will emit positive energy to attract those achievements to me.
I am beginning to realize that this is what King Jesus was teaching us when he said the greatest Among Us will serve.
Level up!
Between a Father and HIS daughter 
2 responses to “Theme: LEVELing UP (In Our Marriage Vows); Verse: Ecclesiastes 5:1-7”
Beautiful comparison of our temples and what they really are. I thorough enjoyed the reading.
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Thank you so much. 🌹
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