Romans 12:1–"I appeal to you therefore brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship."
Christianity speaks often of devotion in spiritual terms as if worship was primarily some esoteric, mystical activity that required barely more than a willing spirit. But this verse has something else to say. It is a profound thing to say that our spiritual worship requires...the proper use of our bodies.
How many of us can say that we use our bodies as if they were instruments for worship?!
But this is precisely what this verse is commanding of us, that we would treat our bodies not as appendages to serve our own whims of enjoyment but as instruments of worship!
Let us commit to treat our bodies with this sort of reverence, recognizing that our bodies are to be our foremost tool for sincere worship.
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