“Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God, and that you are not your own? For you have been purchased at a price. Therefore, glorify God in your body.”
(1 Corinthians 6 :19-20)
What have you done to your body? What have you done with your body? It is after all God’s temple, a home for His Holy Spirit. Have you given Him glory with it or insulted Him with His personal gift to you? Our culture is saturated with sexuality and abuse of our bodies, but we are called to live in a way that is not of this world, although we live in it. Many people feel that they own their bodies and that they have a right to choose what they do with their bodies, but clearly for the Christian, we do not own our bodies. They are on loan to us.
It is important to the vitality of our souls that we remember to act in a way that is more important for our spiritual health than the image of our bodies. “You don’t have a soul. You are a soul. You have a body,” says C.S. Lewis. It is a difficult thing to do- stand out from the crowd, but with the hope of Heaven and Love of Christ we are compelled, comforted, and given strength to live the life we have been given.
Are you an image of chastity in the world? Is your body treated like God’s temple and do others see it you believing that? “I can do everything through him who gives me strength.” Phil 4:13
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