Asking the wrong Questions

1 Corinthians 6:20 For you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body.

How much alcohol can I drink? How much of my money should I give? How much craving of sex is too much? How much of my time do I have to give God?

If I had a nickel for everytime that I had thought or heard on of these questions asked I would be a very wealthy man. It seems that we are alltempted by the strong power of sinful self gratification, even after we have been born again in the Spirit. I know persoanlly that my own thoughts at times stray back to some of these same self focused questions.

If God has made one thing clear in my life it has been this: A Christian exists to bring Glory to God through the redemption of Christ, empowered by the sanctifying work of the Spirit. He has made much of Chad so that I can make much of Him, not so I can live a life of self satisfying, prosperous indulgence. Paul's words to the Corinthian church are clear. He is addressing them about sexual immorailty, envy and drunkenness. He tells them they are focused on the wrong thing. They were all focused on themselves. He reminds them that they were redeemed with a price. They were purchased by Christ's blood to be a Holy part of His body. He calls them to leave self satisfaction and pour themselves out in self depletion so that Christ gets the Glory.

This price of our redemption is not to be undervalued. The work of Christ is an awesome thing. If you were to stand before God today and He were to ask you why you should spend eternity with Him, what would you say? If your first thought is anything having to do with You and not Christ, you might want to re-think.

If Christ alone is the redeemer and the sacrifice, He alone should be magnified in our lives, NOT US!

So what kinds of questions are you asking? How much this or that can I get away with?

Or are you following the role of a believer in Christ and asking God, "How can I make much of you today?".