110. Body and spirit is God’s
1 Corinthians 6:20 For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s.
In the context of the folly of adulterous relationships, we are admonished to glorify God in our body. In other words, you shall not use your body to become intimately bound with a person with whom God has not joined you together. But embedded within this warning are two promises: You are bought with a price; your body and your spirit are God’s.
God bought you with a price, the shed blood and innocent death of Jesus Christ. God owns you; you belong to God; you are God’s responsibility. Both your body and your spirit belong to God. “Body and spirit” signifies all of you, the whole person. There is no part of you, except the sin that remains, that doesn’t belong to God. We are like sheep in that we are vulnerable and cannot take care of ourselves, but we are in the hands of and under the beneficent control of the Shepherd. We are like children in that we are unable to successfully take care of ourselves, but God is our Father who does know how to take care of us in the best way. We are like the bride in that life alone is not so good, but we have the Bridegroom who loves and cherishes us.
Whatever metaphor is used the point is that we are dependent, and as much as we want to be independent that independent streak will only destroy us. We cannot be left on our own. Thus we are bought and owned and we have a wonderful, kind, benevolent and strong Master. When we know that we belong to the One who bought us at great price we can rest comfortably in an abundant life, free from bondage and slavery, and virtually carefree, if we can trust Him. The love and the power of God are exhibited on the cross, so we know we can trust Him. Let go!