“And it was at Jerusalem the feast of the dedication, and it was winter. And Jesus walked in the temple in Solomon's porch.”
(Jn. 10:22-23)
It is generally believed our text is in reference to the enemy of God’s people desecrating the Temple and Altar, in olden times. This Jewish feast was to commemorate the rededication, so to speak, of what had been profaned. I’d like for us to apply this event practically that we might receive, “instruction in righteousness,” as we are admonished to do with the Holy Scriptures.” 2 Tim. 3:16
As I was reading John recently in my devotional time, three words seemed to stick out: dedication, winter, walked.Spiritually speaking it is no difficult thing to dedicate one’s life, that may have fallen into shambles, during the three pleasant seasons; spring, summer, and fall. But it is quite another thing to do so when there is nothing but coldness all around us — like the present religious climate.
Our Lord walked among such spiritual frigidness in His day, but it had no effect on Him. Never was there the least sign of frost upon His blessed life. The devil tried everything to enter the Temple of His Body and defile it, along with the altar of His heart but found such a flame of dedication burning upon the altar of His heart that no iceberg in the world could extinguish it! The “Eternal Flame,” it was!
“God promised, “ While the earth remaineth...cold and heat, and summer and winter...shall not cease,” Gen. 8:22. Remember, after the cold of winter comes the warmth of spring, ”For, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone; The flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of birds is come,” Sng. 2:11-12. Coldness is only for a short season.
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