The Wellness Revelation 40-Day Journey Sample

Live Out His Purpose For You

A DISPLAY OF GOD’S GLORY

When people look at you, do they see the power of Christ in you?

We have the opportunity, as we simply go about our everyday lives, to do work as a witness. We provide evidence that Jesus is who He says He is: our Redeemer, Savior, Helper, and Encourager. This sums up God’s work, which He does every day without ceasing. He saves, helps, encourages, and loves like no one else could.

We display God’s glory to others. With our lives, we proclaim that He is our Strength and picks us up out of the pit to release us from bondage. Then we exhibit His strength through the choices we make, the actions we take, and the voices we use.

What we do with our bodies – whether it be a hug or a handshake, a push-up or a push away from the table – shows Christ’s love and power inside us to a world that needs to see this great mystery.

When writing his first letter to the Corinthian church, Paul said a lot about how the believers there used their bodies. After all, the temple of Aphrodite (goddess of love), with more than one thousand temple prostitutes, dominated the city of Corinth.

Paul reminded the believers that their bodies were the temple of the Holy Spirit. Our bodies do not belong to us, and we are to honor Christ in how we use them. We can’t authentically bear witness to Christ if we treat our bodies in contradiction to His ways.

We have a calling to be authentic in our life’s work – to live out our vocation so that God the Father, Christ, and the Holy Spirit receive glory, honor, and fame. Have you been living into this calling?

Reflect:

1. Read John 5:30. Does this describe you right now? Are what you do and is how you live purposefully aimed at pleasing God or pleasing yourself? What do you need to do to change your purpose to more closely line up with His purpose for you? Be as specific as possible.
2. According to the passage in 1 Corinthians, to whom do our bodies belong? What do you think it means to honor God with our bodies?