The Lord for the Body
As the sun rises on a new day, I rest in the truth that even my body belongs to You, Lord.
✍🏼 Devotional Credit: Days of Heaven on Earth by A.B. Simpson
📸 Photo Credit: Unsplash
The body is not just a temporary shell or a hindrance to spiritual life—it is part of God’s redemptive plan. Today’s reflection from A.B. Simpson calls us to recognize that our physical bodies are meant for union with Christ just as much as our spirits. We were not created to indulge the flesh but to be filled with the very life of Jesus.
This isn’t about striving for physical vitality through self-effort or discipline alone. Nor is it about asking for a distant blessing to be handed down. Rather, it’s about embracing the glorious mystery that Christ, risen and alive, chooses to dwell in us—not only spiritually, but bodily. He brings His life to our mortal frames.
Just as Christ is our righteousness and sanctification, He is also our health and vitality—not in abstract promise, but through actual union. When we acknowledge that our bodies are for the Lord and the Lord is for our bodies, we begin to live in a posture of surrendered availability. Every breath, every motion, becomes an opportunity to express the indwelling life of Christ.
✍🏼 Personalized Journal Entry – Voice of the Holy Spirit Through Scripture
I formed your body in secret and fashioned it with delight. I shaped you for Myself—not merely to house My Spirit, but to become a vessel of My living presence. Your body is not yours to manage in independence; it is Mine, redeemed by blood and indwelt by glory.
I am not distant from your physical frame. I do not dwell in you merely as an observer. I am your life. Just as I sanctified you by My presence, so I quicken your mortal body by My Spirit who lives in you. I am the Lord for your body, and your body is Mine for My purposes.
You are not sustained by strength, but by Me. You are not defined by weakness, but by My indwelling sufficiency. As you yield each limb, each movement, each breath to Me, you glorify Me—not in striving, but in surrender. I take what the world calls ordinary and infuse it with My divine life.
So glorify Me in your body. Not because you must, but because you are Mine. Not in fear, but in joy. You are My temple, and I reside with joy in what I have made clean.
Scriptures referenced: 1 Corinthians 6:13, 19–20; Romans 8:11; Psalm 139:13–14; Galatians 2:20
🧺 Real-Life Analogy
It’s like plugging your phone into a charger—not just once, but remaining connected throughout the day. The charge doesn’t come from a one-time boost; it flows as long as the connection remains. The moment you unplug, the battery begins to drain. So it is with your body and Me—I am the source of life, not merely an occasional recharge.
🙏🏼 Prayer of Confidence
Father, I thank You that my body is not an afterthought in Your redemptive plan. You have made it a temple for Your Spirit, a vessel of Christ’s indwelling life. I rejoice that Christ lives in me, not just spiritually but bodily. I rest in the truth that You are the One who animates every part of me. My life, my breath, my movement—all are Yours. I yield them joyfully, confident that You will express Your life through me today.