I Corinthians 6:15-20; Romans 12:1-2 - Our Bodies

¹⁵Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ? Shall I then take the members of Christ and make them members of a harlot? Certainly not! ¹⁶Or do you not know that he who is joined to a harlot is one body with her? For "the two," He says, "shall become one flesh." ¹⁷But he who is joined to the Lord is one spirit with Him. ¹⁸Flee sexual immorality. Every sin that a man does is outside the body, but he who commits sexual immorality sins against his own body. ¹⁹Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own? ²⁰For you were bought at a price; therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God's.  1 Corinthians 6:15-20 NKJV 

Last night in our Bible study we were discussing I Corinthians 6.  Specifically the verses pertaining to are bodies being a temple of the Lord.  Everything we do with our body impacts the Lord one way or another.  Every word we say.  Everything we see.  Everything we hear. Everything we touch.  When His Spirit is in us, everything we do is done with Him.  

Just thinking about this concept should make me stop and think before I do, say or hear anything.  There are some questions we must ask ourselves….

Would the Lord sit and watch a TV show or a movie with vowel language?

Would the Lord sit and listen to garbage out of someone's mouth without saying something to them?

Would the Lord allow His eyes to wander to something that wasn't glorifying Him?

Would the Lord speak words of death (negative words) instead of words of life?

When we honor God with our bodies, we our following Paul's words in Romans 12:1-2.  The key to honoring Him with our bodies is the gift that comes along with it.  We will be "…transformed by the renewing of our mind" and we "will be able to test and approve what God's will is--his good, pleasing and perfect will."  Woo hoo!  There is such freedom that comes along with no longing conforming to the world but instead honoring Him with our whole being. 

Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship. 2 Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.

Dear Jesus,

Thank You for the reminders You gave to me in Bible study last night.  Thank You for setting my sights on You and not the world.  I praise Your Holy Name for loving me enough to die for me and then having a continued love that blesses me.  Thank You Father for being The One Who Loves Me.  Amen.