The words You are not your own, you were bought at a price' - is both convicting and liberating.
It condemns the runaway arrogance of absolute self-rule. My life is not for me to run as I wish and to do with any way I so please. I am not my own. I belong also to someone else.
On the other hand, the success and outcome of my life isn't squarely on my shoulders either. I am not solely responsible. The burden isn't all mine. I am not my own. I belong also to someone else.
What joy to be called a temple. A tabernacle. A home. To be a heart/body that is a shared space with the One who transforms it, enlivens it and nurtures it together with me. I want to be a space always full of love, warmth and truth, and a space always available to others.
Yes, that is something we ought to remember everyday of our life. God is glorified when we begin to live on that basis: Lord, you are the Lord of my life.
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Posted by: JLow | August 27, 2005 at 04:17 PM