1 Corinthians 6:19-20
“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, and in your spirit, which are God’s.”
Imagine buying a car and driving it home to show to the family. You’re excited about them seeing this beautiful car and showing them all the bells and whistles of the car. You get the car to your house and invite the family to take a ride with you. As you try to start the car, it won’t start. You’re embarrassed and even a little upset. Finally, the car starts, but as you start to drive, every time you try to turn left it fights you to turn right. You would certainly be upset with the car because you purchased it to do with it what you wanted.
As preposterous as this illustration is, God puts up with this on a daily basis. It says in the verses above that God purchased us. We were not a cheap price for Him to pay. What was the price? He paid for us by sending His own Son to die and pay the price of our sins. Jesus Christ paid for us with His life. Why did He purchase us? He purchased us so that we would glorify Him. Imagine how God must feel when He paid such a price and we don’t come through for why He purchased us. He purchased us to glorify Him, yet we don’t glorify Him. Instead of glorifying God, we glorify ourselves and the world. How is it that God wants us to glorify Him?
First, we are to glorify Him in our body. This means I should use my body to serve Him. Our bodies are not ours to destroy through the vices of this world. For instance, we have no right to destroy our bodies by putting tattoos on them. It’s not your body. You may think you have every right to do with your body what you want, but you don’t. It would be like me going to your house and taking a sharpie pen and drawing a picture on your couch. You would be highly upset if I did this. Yet, that is what people do when they tattoo their bodies.
Friend, your body is to be used to glorify God through service. With whatever health and strength you have, you are to use it to serve Him. By using your body to serve God, you glorify Him with your body. This pleases God, for He purchased you to glorify Him.
Second, we are to glorify Him in our spirit. This means our attitude should be one of which God would be proud. God wants you to have a joyful spirit. He wants your spirit to be one at which people would look and want to be around. God did not purchase you to gripe about what you don’t have. He didn’t purchase you to complain how everyone is treating you. He didn’t purchase you to grumble about serving Him. He purchased you so that your spirit would be glorifying to Him.
Are you fulfilling your purchase price? Think about it, He gave His life to purchase you. Have you glorified Him with your body and spirit to such a degree that He doesn’t feel you are cheating Him? Don’t rob God of His purchase price. Make it your daily goal to glorify God with your body and spirit. Make it your daily goal to make God feel that He made a good investment for the price He paid.