To Glorify God

Heyy!

I’d like to start this article with a story that is a little funny. I was reading the list of articles that I had to write and I realized that there was one that I was already thinking about. The truth is that I had given it a name and put it in my calendar. And I had forgotten the link that I had made between the passage that I wanted to use and the title that I had written. So, I wrote another article… “It’s My Life’’.

Since that article and this one are pretty much linked, I am inviting you to go read, or reread, “It’s My Life” before you continue, or later on if you want. I do not want to force you to do anything that you don’t want to do lol.

So, thanks to the two verses that I kind of forgot, you are allowed two articles with similar topics. Yet, I think that you know me well enough now to know that I am a pro at doing this subject.

Therefore, let’s start. I mentioned in “It’s My Life” that we are living lives that do not belong to us if we have given our hearts to Christ. I’d like to go even further with that today.

In a context where Paul asks the church of Corinth to live a moral life in God, the Father, he tells them: “Do 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; you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your bodies.” (1 Corinthians 6:19 - 20)

I believe that God has given us a huge responsibility. He is asking that our bodies glorify Him. Lastly, I was touched by the principle of “to not sin” and of sanctification. I promise you an article on this subject will come soon enough. But, as we wait, I would like to ask you this question: when you are not sinning, are you truly the temple of the Holy Spirit?

My life cost God the life of His only Son, who died pierced for my iniquities (Isaiah 53). That’s what the verse tells me. My life, my eternity, cost Jesus His life, His pride, His intimacy. Some will tell me that it is a violation of His human rights. But it is what He did for me.

Paul said it and I am incapable of doing better than that. If God redeemed me at the price of the death of Jesus - His resurrection proving that nothing, not even death can stop Him - I therefore have the obligation to glorify Him with my body and soul, for nothing belongs to me.

I would like to invite you to meditate on this verse for a moment, so that you realize the importance of what God has done for us:

“Do 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; you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your bodies.” (1 Corinthians 6:19 - 20)

Now that you have understood the responsibility on your shoulders, you have two choices. The first being that you can continue living your life like you were doing before opening this article. Or, you can choose to no longer be in charge of your life and give the reins over to the Father, so that you may glorify Him with your body and soul.

I made my choice, even if it’s something that requires a lot of energy. But I love God, and I want to glorify Him.
I hope that you will too.

Be blessed,
Do