Sometimes I imagine myself as a builder, as an architect or a civil engineer, because once in my life I also ambition[ed] to be one when I was in high school. I have this much appreciation to arts and architecture, amazed with different dimensions of structures and crafts. The intricacies of magnificent buildings and infrastructures fascinates me every time I see them on magazines. I was ready with all my T square, triangles with a set of Staedtler pens and tubes then, but that did not happen.
God has planned a different path for me. In a field where I could have practiced my love for the arts with pencil and paper, He handed me scalpel and necked me with a stethoscope. I could have designed buildings, bridges and airports, but I am now building bridges of hopes to the lives of many in the area of healthcare.
But no matter what God has been working in my life now, things may not always be happy or sad I am still very thankful for all of these unending opportunities.
With this realization of life that I experienced, it is true that we have tendencies to be very ambitious sometimes. I see it as a nature of man that we really wanted to feel a sense of fulfillment when you achieved something. It becomes negative when your body is been so used and you lose enthusiasm and appetite to serving and praising Him.
But even though how high our dreams would go and how respectful people will see you. We are still ought to build the best temple that everyone should see, and that is our character and attitude towards ourselves and others.
It was written in I Corinthians 6:19; it says “…. your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own”, this is a very powerful verse that modulates our indulgence to too much perversion and ambitious mentality. Though this verse teaches us on how we must take care of ourselves, preserving our morality and denying one’s self to staying away to vices and addiction, it has a very broad topic that also encompasses our love and devotion to Him. God put us in a difficult situation to teach us patience and perseverance, and that we should realize we do not own our lives.
In the bible, a temple signifies a structure that represents the presence of God, where people prayed and worshiped. And as it was written, now, our body is the temple of the Holy Spirit and we ought to see the presence of God by means of our actions and testimony.
In the end, we ought to build the best temple we can build, a temple that we can offer to God, a temple that we can see His presence and a temple that is not just for Him but also for others that they may see.
Nobody is perfect, everyone is still sinning, that is our daily challenge, for we are still living with our sinful flesh. The very reason why we must need a daily walk with God.
