Spring Cleaning Your Inner Temple: What Jesus Would Clear from Your Heart

When Christ walked into the temple courts, He found chaos where there should have been peace. The holy space had turned into a bustling marketplace, buzzing with merchants hawking their wares and money-changers counting profits. Without hesitation, He fashioned a whip from cords and drove them all out, overturning tables and scattering coins across the stone floor. "Take these things hence, and make not the house of my Father a house of marketplace" (John 2:16), He declared. This wasn't random fury - it was the decisive action of someone who understood what this place was truly meant for.

The same Christ who cleared that physical sanctuary wants to do similar work in our hearts. Paul tells us we ourselves are God's dwelling place, with His Spirit living within us. Yet our inner lives can become just as cluttered - crowded with merchants of worry, stalls of endless ambition, and money-changers who trade away our peace for temporary gains. Anxiety sets up shop in the centre whilst the divine presence gets pushed to the corners. Our achievements start demanding more attention than our relationship with the One who gave us breath.

This kind of spiritual decluttering starts with honest questions. What thoughts actually consume most of my mental energy each day? Am I trading tranquillity for the latest worry, or bartering rest for one more accomplishment? Maybe it's time to overturn the tables of mindless scrolling that crowd out prayer, or scatter the coins of comparison that steal my sense of worth. This doesn't mean becoming passive, it means creating space where God's voice can break through the noise. Like Christ in that courtyard, we need courage to decide what belongs in our hearts and what needs to go.