Glorify God In Your Body

Many times we do not make it clear how they are to glorify God in their bodies, because we assume they know some things they do not know.

Illus: This reminds us of the story of the Air Traffic Controller who was directing some pilots in to land.

• One of the pilots called this air traffic controller and asked, “What time is it?”

• The Air traffic controller answered, “What airline is this?

• The pilot then asked, “What difference does that make?

• The answer came from the control tower, “It makes a big difference. If this is TWA, it is 1800 hours. If you are a red neck, the big hand is on 12 and the little hand is on 6.”

God’s Word makes it CLEAR that not only are we to GLORIFY GOD, but His Word also shows us IN WHAT WAY WE ARE TO GLORIFY GOD.

We are to glorify God -

I. IN OUR BODY

Look at 1 Cor. 6:20, “For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s.”

These bodies will one day return to the dust from which they came. But once we accept the Lord Jesus, they become the vessel in which GOD ALMIGHTY LIVES!

Think about that:

• This old body that deteriorates with age

• This old body that hurts sometimes

• This old body that gets wrinkled up with age

• This old body is the temple of the Holy Spirit

Every day, we should rejoice that HE LIVES within. But many times we take pride in the BODY instead of the Lord within us!

Illus: There is a story of a young man who proposed marriage to a young woman. He gave her an expensive, beautiful diamond ring enclosed in an attractive blue velvet box.

The day after their engagement, the young woman said, “How can I ever thank you enough for the beautiful blue velvet box? I love it and will always cherish it!”

How do you think that young man felt?

A crazy story? Yes! Except it describes the care and attention that we give in this life to our body and physical well being, which is like the blue velvet box. We spend about 99% of our resources and time on something that will return to dust, and we neglect the gift of the diamond, Christ who lives within us.

Listen, it is not the BOX, it is the precious DIAMOND in the box that makes these bodies of ours so important.

God has chosen to live within these bodies for a very special reason. These bodies are made to bring glory to God.

Illus: But these bodies are like cars. Cars are made for a specific purpose, to aid us in getting from one place to another.

But look how people misuse them.

• Some have used them to run people down and kill people

• Some have used them to rob banks and make a fast getaway

Cars are made for a very special purpose. But people can misuse them.

Our bodies are made to glorify God, but People can misuse them. Sometimes, when it comes to cars, you wonder if some people have enough sense to own one.

Illus: That reminds me of two rednecks that lived up in snow country, named Bubba and Isabella.

They got up one morning and did their customary thing, they turned the radio on to get the local weather report and drink a cup of coffee.

The weather man said, "There will be 3 to 5 inches of snow today and a snow emergency has been declared. You must park your cars on the odd numbered side, so the snow plows can clear the other side."

Bubba said, “Isabella, I am going to put my car on the odd number side of the road.”

The next day, they turned the radio on and got the coffee going and the weather man said, "There will be 2 to 4 inches of snow today and a snow emergency has been declared. You must park your cars on the even numbered side of the streets so the snow plows can clear the other side."

Bubba got up from his coffee and told Isabella he was going to put his car on the even number side of the road.

Three days later, again they both are sitting down with their cups of coffee and the weather man says, "There will be 6 to 8 inches of snow today and a snow emergency has been declared. You must park your cars on the..." and then the power went out and Bubba didn't get the rest of the instructions.

He said to Isabella, “What am I going to do now, Isabella?” Isabella said, “Bubba, why don’t you just leave the car in the garage today!”