“What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body.”
The Battle
Paul names temple here, worth examining directly, this striking, dignified image, your own body itself named as this described, genuinely sacred dwelling, worth holding as this movement’s own needed reframe, not merely a source of impulses to manage, but this actual, honored, indwelt space.
Notice ye are not your own, worth holding as this verse’s own additional, sobering claim, your own body genuinely belonging to another, bought with a price, worth examining what this described ownership actually, practically means for how you currently treat and steward your own body’s genuine, ongoing use.
This is worth applying as needed motivation, not fear-based restriction alone, but this described, positive dignity, worth considering what glorifying God in your own body might actually, practically look like today, this whole verse’s own positive aim, not merely avoiding dishonor but actively, genuinely glorifying.
Consider today what it means to treat your own body as this described temple, genuinely indwelt, genuinely bought, and practice one specific act today that actually, deliberately glorifies God in your body, trusting this dignified reframe as this movement’s own needed, positive motivation.
Walk in the Spirit
- Consider your own body as genuine temple today, not merely impulses to manage.
- Reflect on ye are not your own as motivation for how you steward your body’s actual use.
- Practice one specific act today that actually glorifies God in your body, positive, not merely restrictive.
Prayer
Lord, my body is the temple of the Holy Ghost, and I am not my own, but bought with a price. Let me glorify you in my body today, genuinely, not merely avoiding dishonor. Amen.
Carry this today
The body is a genuine temple, bought and indwelt, worth glorifying God in, not merely restricting.