Today’s Meditation - Thursday, July 16, 2020

Today’s Meditation

Read Romans 12:1-8

I appeal to you therefore, brothers and sisters, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. ²Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your minds, so that you may discern what is the will of God—what is good and acceptable and perfect. ³For by the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think of yourself more highly than you ought to think, but to think with sober judgment, each according to the measure of faith that God has assigned. ⁴For as in one body we have many members, and not all the members have the same function, ⁵so we, who are many, are one body in Christ, and individually we are members one of another. ⁶We have gifts that differ according to the grace given to us: prophecy, in proportion to faith; ⁷ministry, in ministering; the teacher, in teaching; ⁸the exhorter, in exhortation; the giver, in generosity; the leader, in diligence; the compassionate, in cheerfulness.

    The Greek language uses two different words for body; sarx, which means our physical flesh and soma, which has a more holistic meaning.  Soma encompasses the physical as well as the mind and the spirit; the whole person.

     In Romans the author speaks about presenting our soma, our whole being, as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God.  In this view, we should see that it is not just our physical bodies that we are to treat as a holy temple, but also our minds and our spirits.  We should take care about all three aspects of ourselves.  Balance is the key factor here and maintaining balance is not always easy to do.

How are you caring for your physical body?

How are you looking after for your mental health?

How are you taking care of your emotional, psychological and spiritual being?

During this time apart from others can be a real challenge to stay balanced in all three of those aspects, but it is important and necessary to do. 

Living Sacrifices