“You are not your own. For you were bought at a price.” 1 Corinthians 6:20 (NKJV)

Sitting in a Shari’s booth the other day with a friend, I looked outside as someone’s car alarm was blaring incessantly.  I wondered what was taking the guy in the backseat so long to turn it off.  (This happens to me frequently.  It’s embarrassing!)

Suddenly the “guy in the backseat” took off running, carrying something close to his chest. The car alarm continued to blare in front of a whole line of onlookers watching from their booths.

Just as he jumped into a waiting car, someone in the restaurant cried, “Call the cops!” and the car reeled away in a mad escape.

I had just witnessed a burglary.

Burglary.

Just the word sounds evil, dirty;  like something I would never do.
I would never take something that belonged to someone else.  And certainly not in front of curious onlookers trying to enjoy a meal!

Then, I read in Scripture that I am not my own.  I don’t belong to myself.  I am God’s.

If my life is not my own, what kind of theft am I committing when I make decisions without Him in mind?  Without considering if my decisions would reflect His ownership over me, or mine?

This would be “Grand Theft,” because we’ve been bought with a price far greater than we could have paid.

Belonging to the Lord is true freedom, and He is a careful Guardian. We don’t need to take what belongs to Him into our own hands and do whatever we think is better.

What kind of lives would we live in secret and in front of onlookers if we remembered that our lives are not our own?

They are either His. . .

Or Stolen.

by Bethany Hayes
used by permission

FURTHER READING

• Our Mistakes Do Not Define Us –  by Laura Rath
• God Will Not Waste Your Life – by Claire Colvin
• Our Interests and God’s Will – by Daniel Forster

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When parents send their kids to camp, they have to sign certain documents. One of them asks who is the responsible party? If Johnny breaks his arm or Maria breaks out with measles, who will be responsible? Hopefully mom and dad are willing to sign their names.

God signed his! When you gave your life to him, he took responsibility for you. Jesus said,

“I am the good shepherd; I know my sheep and my sheep know me” (John 10:14 NIV).

You are a bride; he is your bridegroom. The church is being

“prepared as a bride adorned for her husband” (Revelation 21:2).

You are his child; he is your father.

“You are no longer a slave but God’s own child. And since you are his child, God has made you his heir” (Galatians 4:7 NLT).

You can have peace in the midst of the storms of life because you are not alone. You belong to God!

By Max Lucado
From:  Anxious for Nothing
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Some years back as I was driving my daughter Andrea to middle school, she noticed I was anxious.

“Why are you so quiet, Dad?”

I told her I was worried about a book deadline.
She asked me,

“Haven’t you written other books?”  “Yes,” I replied.
“How many?” At that point the answer was fifteen.

She responded,

“have you ever missed a deadline before?” “No,” I said.
“So God helped you fifteen times already?” “Yes,”

I winced. She was sounding like her mother.

She reasoned further,

“if he has helped you fifteen different times, don’t you think he will help you this time?”

Satan has no recourse to your testimony! Your best weapon against his attacks is a good memory. Don’t forget a single blessing! 1 Corinthians 6:20 says,

“You have been bought with a price. You belong to God.” God’s message for you?

Remember whose you are. Live out your inheritance!

By Max Lucado
used by permission
From: Glory Days

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How to Spend a Day With the Lord

Hearing God’s Voice – a Study by Charles Stanley

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