You Are Christ’s

-January 13, 2025-

Good morning beloved, happy Monday,

“And you are Christ’s, and Christ is God’s.”

(1 Corinthians 3:23).

Paul’s words are so encouraging and challenging to us. The Scripture teaches us that all things are ours because we belong to Christ. We have it all because He has it all.

Jesus died for us and purchased us with His precious blood. 1 Peter 1:18-19 says, “Knowing that you were not redeemed with corruptible things, like silver or gold, from your aimless conduct received from your forefathers, but with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot.”

We no longer belong to ourselves, we belong to Christ and everything we have belongs to Him. This means all our time, possessions, money, gifts, and abilities are under His control.

Paul wrote in 1 Corinthians 6:19-20, “Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own? For you were bought with a price; therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God’s.”

What does all this mean to us in our daily lives? It means it should be foremost in our thinking, decisions, actions, and relationships. I must recognize that what I do reflects on my blessed Savior, either for good or bad.

Joseph understood this very well when after Potiphar’s wife attempted to seduce him, told her, “There is no one greater in this house that I, nor has he kept back anything from me but you, because you are his wife. How can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?”

Let us live today with the realization that we are Christ’s. He is our Lord, our King, and our Master. Let us seek to please Him in all things. Have a blessed day. Stay safe and healthy.

It is certain that I don’t belong to self, to sin, to the world or to Satan. I’m under new management.

Dean