Pondering Point

I love this verse to kick off Transformation Tuesdays for 2024. God’s mission is to transform us – to conform us to the likeness of His Son, Paul says in Romans 8:29. We too are given the Holy Spirit in baptism and have the Word, living and active, working in us individually and collectively.

Today we look at any individual who, in Christ, is a temple of the Lord. Here is Paul describing it for us: Flee from sexual immorality. All other sins a person commits are outside the body, but whoever sins sexually sins against their own body. Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your bodies. 1 Corinthians 6:18-20

Looking ahead, Thursday will bring a chance to reflect on how you honor God with your body personally – and as part of the church body. And while Wednesdays generally introduce statements of identity about who we are in Christ, that idea fits well today so:

In Christ, we are temples of the Holy Spirit, being transformed into Jesus’ image with ever-increasing glory to God. Therefore I will honor God with my body.