Who Owns Who?

            Several years ago, I read that one of Babe Ruth's bats sold for $63,000. Now, you can buy a good bat for quite a bit less, so what makes this one different? The owner.

            If you are a Christian, you are owned by Jesus Christ. That's why you have  special value as a human being. You are the salt of the earth and the light of the world.

            This is also a reason fellowship with other Christians is so important. They, too, are owned by Jesus.

            In a letter emphasizing the community of Christ, Paul writes, “19 Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; 20 you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your bodies”(I Cor. 6:19-20.) NIV

Who Are You?

            Leigh Montville writes of the famous movie star, Cary Grant, enjoying a quiet dinner with his wife and another couple in the Flamingo Hotel in Los Angeles, during his prime.

            A stranger arrived at the table and began asking Grant questions. He continued until he was clearly disrupting what had been a beautiful meal for the two couples. Consequently, Grant told the intruder, “That’s enough, you’ll have to go.”

            The boor became angry and rude, and he cursed Grant. “Just who do you think you are?”

            In a crushingly polite tone, Grant answered, “I know who I am. But do you know who you are?”

            People who are rude are to be pitied. They do not know who they are. We humans are blessed in that we are created in the image of God. Our actions should reflect a knowledge of this truth.