"You are not your own;
you were bought at a price.
Therefore honor God with your body."
(1 Corinthians 6:19b and 20)
I (Amy) have been thinking about this passage a lot lately. About what it would mean to truly live as though I were not my own. As though my mind, my spirit, my body, my time, my everything belonged to Him.
Lately, it seems as though my life revolves a whole lot more around me. My desires, my likes and dislikes, my goals and dreams. And I find myself frustrated, torn between my desperate need to live each day for the Lord and my unrelenting fleshly desire to live for my own pleasure.
I have been in this place before, and seen the consequences of both choices. Striving to satisfy the desires of my flesh feels good for a time, but leads to emptiness in the end. Laying down my "self" to serve my Creator is often painful in the moment, but leads to joy that's unspeakable.
I have tasted and seen that the LORD is good (Psalm 34:8) and that Jesus Christ gives life more abundantly (John 10:10). So today I will purpose to live as though I were not my own. I will make mistakes, but those mistakes will bring me crawling back to the feet of my Savior, who bought my body at a very high price--the blood of His own. There I will find the wisdom and strength I need to live this abundant life for Him.
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