I guess Mondays were challenging days in Jesus’ time too. On Monday, Jesus found people using God’s House for their personal advantage.

Then Jesus went into the temple of God and drove out all those who bought and sold in the temple, and overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those who sold doves. And He said to them, “It is written, ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer,’ but you have made it a ‘den of thieves.'” – Matthew 21:12-13

People travelled from great distances and from other countries during the Passover to worship at the Temple. The traveling distance often prevented people from bring a sacrificial animal with them, so opportunistic people set up shops to sell sacrificial animals to the travelers. This created the need for banks to set up stations to exchange foreign currency for temple currency. The travelers were at the mercy of the bankers and the merchants if they wanted to purchase what was necessary to worship God. When Jesus saw them taking advantage of others and using what was holy to the Lord for their own personal gain, He took care of business for them. They had ignored the true purpose of the Temple and made it their own personal flea market. Jesus literally cleaned house in the Temple on that Monday.

Today, as I prepare for Easter, I ask Jesus to walk through the courts of the Temple of my Heart and overturn any part that has become selfish. I am asking Him to walk by the tables of ambitions, attitudes, and affections and to cast out what doesn’t please Him. Will it be pleasant? Probably not. A lot of Mondays aren’t. But the result will be a pure heart devoted entirely to HIM.