Not Your Own~

 ¹⁹What? 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?

 ²⁰For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.

If He has bought you with a price~ you are not your own.

You might say what in the world do you mean? 

If you have accepted the free gift of salvation through faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, asked Him to come into your life and be your Saviour, accepted that His blood on the cross is the only way to wash away your sin ~YOU ARE NO LONGER FREE TO DO WITH YOUR LIFE AS YOU WANT!  This is so contrary to my nature~and yours too.

I truly desire that I live a life full of rose gardens and white picket fence. I desire ease and pleasure. I want to be happy all the time and everyone just get along and feel warm fuzzy feelings! 

 God may deny me of things I greatly desire. He may allow some adversity to come along to make me more like Him.

 My life is no longer mine~I am to be doing what God wants me to do with my life!

 Now~I must admit I do have many rose gardens in my life that God has blessed me with: My Brian~the love of my life, my beautiful children, a wonderful Christian family, my church and last but not least my little Farming On Faith.

 I am happy ~well most of the time. I live a really good life but I have learned that being bought with a price means I do not always get to do the things I want with my life. I need to be willing to give up my dreams and goals to God!  He is much wiser than me anyway~so I would be better off letting Him plan my life and agenda. 

We sometimes fear that losing ownership means God may make our life hard and wearisome, depriving us of our desires. But~ I have found in my Christian walk that God will never be indebted to me. He blesses me beyond my hopes or dreams. We can trust Him~He is a loving Father who makes no mistakes!