A Call for Repentance - Day 28: Forgive me Lord for abusing my body.

“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 ‭6:19-20‬ NLT

Have you ever noticed that demonic presentations are also generally sexually charged?

Indeed, it has become accepted—almost expected—that pop musical “artists” gorge their performances with images of Satan and demons, combined with explicit pantomimes of sex acts.

Make no mistake, demons feed off of sexual perversion. As a matter of fact, the more perverse, the better, to spirits who find their greatest thrill in the desecration of the human body through sexual perversion and demonic worship.

In our opening scripture, the apostle Paul, after discussing the serious nature of sexual promiscuity and perversion, rests his case on the fact that our bodies belong to the Lord. We are the image bearers of God—and through Jesus Christ—now have access to having His spirit dwell within us.

Now, whereas Paul’s admonition and instruction was within the context of sexual impurity, being aware that our bodies are the temple of the Holy Spirit, and that we do not have ownership of our bodies, should make us think about other ways in which we may be abusing our flesh vehicle.

Whereas sexual sin is the most lethal type of body abuse, even reaching into the spirit, any abuse of our body, displeases God.

Doubtless, we would all agree that it would be insanity to run our cars into the ground, never adding or replacing oil, in fact, never adding any fluids, never even putting fuel in the tank, constantly hauling heavy loads, and yet expect it to run every time we wanted to go somewhere.

Sure, it might work for a while. But the day will come that you will turn the key, and nothing will happen. Or, the car might catch you out in the middle of nowhere and blow its engine.

Many of us are pressed into having to wear multiple hats while also trying to put out an endless number of fires.

We may feel as though we’re caught on a combination roller coaster and merry-go-round. And, not only can’t we seem to get off this hellish ride, it seems to be speeding up!

Within such a pressurized existence, it’s easy to forget that our flesh vehicle must not be taken for granted.

Of course, we must have good nutrition, sufficient rest, bodily exercise, etc. But—most importantly—we must have peace in our heart and our mind, without which, our body becomes riddled by destructive hormones.

When we are young, it seems that we can “get by” with neglect of our body. We may not even think about it much in terms of upkeep. And then, we turn around, and “suddenly” we’re older, and it seems that it’s too late to do anything about the results of our indifference or neglect of our body.

However—because the Lord‘s mercy is new every day—there is also a new opportunity to be better stewards of our flesh vehicles every day.

Let’s repent for any of the ways in which we have abused and/or neglected our physical bodies. As well, let’s ask the Lord to help us to do better every day in keeping our bodies strong AND holy.

Peace to you.

Jesus is coming! Get ready for Him!

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