“You are not your own, for you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body.” 1 Corinthians 6:19-20

Sitting on my patio one morning, I was reading from the 1950 edition of the Daily Light – July 13th. 

Truth be told, I have been wrestling in my spirit for months now. I have been asking God to reveal the deep things of my heart and it has not been pretty. I know there are areas of my heart and mind that have not yet been evangelized.  They need the healing touch of the gospel. I believe that is likely true of all of us, we just may be more or less aware of it.

Anyway, July 13th in the Daily Light quotes 1 Corinthians 6:20, “Ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit which are God’s.”

It reminded me of the sentence which begins in 1Corinthians 6:19 with “you are not your own…”

I think God is answering my prayer. He IS showing me those motivations and those darker recesses of my heart. 

I know that the very areas I struggle are because I am living as if I AM my own, as if I am the boss of me. 

Perhaps you too are wrestling in your spirit with something – anger, fear, unforgiveness, pride, self-centeredness, a critical spirit, gluttony, over-spending, or something else that is ruling you and robbing you of abundant life.

I want to encourage you to ask yourself – are you living life as if you are your own, NOT bought with the price of the infinite worth of the blood of Jesus Christ? 

Life can get ugly fast when we live life on our own terms rather that God’s.

Lord, forgive us when we wander – which we are so prone to do.

Blessings,
Diane Hunt

Diane Hunt is part of the ministry team at America’s Keswick.  She is a regular writer for Victory Call and one of the authors of Crossing the Jordan Bible Study.  Diane has been married to her husband John over 27 years.  She has 2 adult children and 3 grandchildren and 3 adult step-children with 7 grandchildren making 10 in all.  She delights reading and teaching, but mostly laughing at the funny things her grandchildren say and do.