Weapons!

"Do not offer the parts of your body to sin, as instruments of wickedness, but rather offer yourselves to God, as those who have been brought from death to life, and offer the parts of your body to him as instruments of righteousness."  

I'm reading through the book of Romans very slowly....so slowly, it would be agony for some people.  I'm almost to the point where I'm reading only one or two lines of scripture at a time but I've come to realize that the slower I go, the more I'm able to absorb and apply.  It's like chewing on a hunk of meat that takes a long time to digest.  I'm reading it with a commentary and I particularly enjoyed learning that the Greek word for instrument means "weapon of war."  Chuck Swindoll, this particular commentator explains:

"The Greek word translated "instrument" frequently refers to weapons of war.  We are no longer to present our bodies as weapons to be used by sin to accomplish evil ends, but to become foot soldiers in the interest of righteousness."  

I have to tell you that at first I laughed out loud as I imagined my weak, fluffy body as any sort of weapon. Then, I stopped the self degradation and started believing it.  Why the heck not?  If I compared it to a sword, it's more like one of those plastic Power Ranger ones my son plays with, but it doesn't mean it still can't poke an eye out!  The more I believe, the more energized I become and all of a sudden, I want to whip this fluffy body into a shape that's stronger.  I know this passage refers to righteousness, but I also know that there's a physical and spiritual reality here - it can be easier for me to  justify physical laziness when I'm working so hard on spiritual stuff.

I'm going to chew on this one for awhile....at the very least, it's healthier than the chips I've been snacking on:)

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[Lisa Arnold]

Warrior Princesses...UNITE!

Love it :)