God intends for you to have a high regard for your body because it is the dwelling for His Spirit. God created Adam’s body from the dust of the earth. God intends for the body to perform three essential functions:
1. Identification as a unique person – the way you look
2. Participation in the world – the way you act
3. Communication with others – the way you relate to others
Without a body you would have no contact with the physical world. Your body allows you to influence the created order. Because you have mobility, you can move from place to place to perform God’s tasks. Because you have strength in your body, you can accept assignments for Him.
In Genesis 1:27-28, there are three different things God intended for human beings to do in the world.
“God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them. God blessed them and said to them, ‘Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish of the sea the birds of the air and over every living creature that moves on the ground.’”
God expected you to be fruitful and multiply, to subdue the earth and make it useful, and to master or have dominion over living creatures. Your body makes you feel at home in the created order.
Daily Thoughts: What did you get from today’s study?
Stop and ask the Holy Spirit to work in your life so that you have victory every day with God – in the control of your body and in other areas that come to mind.
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