Are You An Accomodating Host?

Today's message comes from 1 Corinthians 6:19 - 20
This is written by Paul.  Paul is telling the church that the 3rd part of the Holy Trinity lies within you.  This verse is often used when people are typically choosing to do things they shouldn't such as smoking, drinking, drugs, etc...

1 Corinthians 6:19 - 20 says:
¹⁹What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?  ²⁰For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.

If the Holy Ghost truly dwells in your heart, are you being a very accomodaing host?  You are supposed to light up a room when you walk in - people should say you are obviously living with God in you.  It should be radiating out of us.  People know a church is a place of worship upon seeing the  building.  Do people see you as a temple?  Are they able to see God in you by first glance?

Do you live like God would want you to live?  When you rent an apartment or a house, you always want to take care of it so that you don't have to pay that extra fine at the end of your stay.  Technically we are renting our bodies for a while on Earth.  God owns us so we are to take extra good care of our rental property for it isn't ours to mess with.  Maybe you are an overeater, a person whose language leaves less to be desirable, or maybe you are a heavy drinker.  Whatever the problem may be, we all have them.  We can all certainly admit we are not the most accomodating host or renters for that matter. 

The second part of the scripture says that you were bought with a huge price.  God sacrificed a lot to buy you.  Think about this:  When you buy something, don't you value it and want to show it off?  God views you as his.  God is so proud of each and everyone of us even though we make mistakes, he is still proud of us.  Just like you are proud to show off your new clothes or your new car or even your new lawnmower.  That is how proud God is to have you.

Everyone wants to be a part of something.  In John 15:16 we learn that we are a part of something.  God is telling us that we didn't choose Him but He chose us.  God loves you more than anyone else could ever possibly love you. 

Sadly, most of us devalue our purchase price everyday.  Pray, choose your words wisely, have patience, love your neighbor, read the Bible, take care of your rental property.......it isn't yours to begin with!