18Flee from sexual immorality. All other sins a person commits are outside the body, but whoever sins sexually, sins against their own body. 19Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; 20you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your bodies. (1 Corinthians 6:18-20)
Thoughts: We are not our own. No person is on their own. We are all not just inter-dependent on each other- but we are dependent on God. We do not control the sun, the moon, the rain, the earthquake, the snow, the tornado, the hurricane. We do not control our own DNA, our heredity, or fully our environment. We do not choose things in a vacuum- our bodies that we inherit have certain tendencies built into them. The person who says no one is in control of them is controlled by their own desire for independence. They may have a hard time trusting someone else- or having a deep lasting relationship because such a relationship potentially shatters their control.
Christians know that we have been bought with a price. We are like slaves bought on a slave market. The price was the death of Jesus. As Hosea bought back his harlot-strayed-wife, so God bought us back with the price of the death of his son. So we have a Lord who tells us to take care of our bodies by not putting them at risk sexually.
In fact, our bodies are a shelter- a tent- a temple of the Holy Spirit who dwells in us. God has given us His Spirit to live inside of us. We do not need to defile His Spirit by debauchery. Not only has He bought us, He has blessed us by coming to live in us. It is an illusion to think we are a rock-we are an island- and do not need to listen and do not affect anyone else. Therefore- let us honor God.
Prayer: Lord, help me honor you with all I am.
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