A place designed with one intention, but completely turned into something else...who would expect it that place to be a temple for the Lord? Today's passage gives us a couple stories packed into one. We get a story about Jesus cursing a fig tree and the another about the temple being used for improper actions. If you tie it together, the challenge for us as the church is to live the lives God intended for us bearing the fruit of the spirit. May we seek to strive for holiness and honor the Lord as we should.