Transaction

"You are not your own," 1 Corinthians 6:20.

I am free to be me! Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness! That's my right! Especially, the pursuit of whatever I feel will make me happy! True! But not true for Christians. That is, not true for men and women who have confessed Jesus as Lord. When we came to Christ, we entered into a transaction with the God of the universe. We traded our lives for his in the sacrifice of Christ. We have been redeemed. That is, somebody bought us at a great price. The master owns us. Henceforth we live for him. He makes our life-rules. We live to glorify God in and with our bodies. Sanctified.

As we visit with a brother or sister today, again we confess Jesus as Lord. And together we praise God that he has bought us for life as he ever designed it to be.