Owned!

Owned!

Do you not know that your body is the temple (the very sanctuary) of the Holy Spirit Who lives within you, Whom you have received [as a Gift] from God? You are not your own...1 Corinthians 6:19 AMPC

Today's extract starts with a question; one that goes to the root of our ownership and allegiance. Today's generation lays a stake on ownership and personal responsibility, claiming that the body belongs to them and they can deal with it as they like. For one moment, think about the complexities of the human body, its secret workings and the intricate systems for its functions and tell me which part any man could have created by himself.

Even the argument for cloning is all messed up, as you take from materials already made to imitate something already created. And try as much as we have, we are yet to have anyone cloned to look exactly like the man God created, with all parts like the ones God formed, and with the power of free will God gave to everyone He made. We were not made to look like anything else in all creation so we owe it to God to find out the purpose and thinking behind our existence and experience.

When God breathed in man, He made a case for ownership of man. He was saying that no matter how ordinary you think you look on the outside, your true value is who lives in you. God gave of his Spirit to us, not because we had earned it, but because He wanted us to seek Him of our free will, not from coercion or a sense of fear and dread. And it really doesn't matter whether you know or acknowledge it or not, you do not own the template of your life or hold the title deeds to your life. God does, and one day soon, an account will be demanded by the One who owns all life.

Think about it: do you think God would do and give all He's given us without any responsibility on my part to handle it right? His time of favour is here.