DAILY DEVOTION

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Sunday, July 6

1 Corinthians 6:12-20

GLORIFYING GOD IN YOUR BODY

For you were bought at a price; therefore glorify God in your body…. 1 Corinthians 6:20, KJV

The human body is mortal and it would surely suffer corruption after death. We are custodians of our body and have responsibility to cater for, and nourish it for a healthy living. We cannot separate the body and the spirit for there is a strong interplay between them. It is not possible to dedicate your spirit to God and handle your body the way you like. God requires that we glorify His name both in the spirit and in the body. The body has been described as the temple of the Holy Spirit and as such must be kept holy (1 Corinthians 6:19).

There is a foundational reason that should motivate every believer to live a distinguished life since Christ bought us with His precious and sinless blood. To glorify God in your body, you must yield your body and all her members; your soul and all its faculties, as instruments of righteousness to God. God's call is for us to devote and employ all we have to Him as a sacrifice to His glory. Examine your life today and make adjustments where necessary on the use of your body. Are you yielding your body as an instrument for sin or as an instrument of righteousness? Reconcile with God and henceforth, glorify God in your body.

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