You say, “I am allowed to do anything”—but not everything is good
for you. And even though “I am allowed
to do anything,” I must not become a slave to anything….Don’t
you realize that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit, who lives in you
and was given to you by God? You do not
belong to yourself, for
God bought you with a high price. So you
must honor God with your body. 1 Corinthians 6:12, 19 - 20 (NLT)
So Many Choices
Our life’s choices are inextricably linked to what’s in our
heart…what we care about.
A builder in
the Midwest offered a special deal on “extras” he could put in some houses he
was constructing. That section of the
country is tornado alley, so one of the extras was a basement “tornado room”
guaranteed to save the family. Of the
ten houses he sold, nine families chose the tornado room option. On the tenth, sold to a couple in their late
70’s, they rejected the safe room, and chose the hot tub!
Now, that couple figured their choices had to be based entirely on
what was important to them; It was ALL based on them. If you figure that way in the Kingdom, you’re
going to spend a lot of time in God’s “woodshed”.
Here are three questions for followers of Jesus Christ that you
can use as a test to see if you are in line with what Paul said about choices. When you make your choices about the way you
live, what you do, and how you treat others, it will be good to ask these three
questions:
Is it holy before the Lord?
Is it helpful to the body of Christ?
Is it a hindrance to a lost person?
God paid a huge and holy price for us; those questions are not optional
for someone who would be a follower of Jesus Christ.
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