Who Owns You?

God paid a high price for you, so don’t be enslaved by the world. [1 Corinthians 7.23]

Although I have written on this passage in the past, it seems only prudent to address it once again today relative to the particular light that has been shed on my articles this year regarding debt, insurance, medicine and technology being idols.

As has been observed in previous articles and is stated here, debt, insurance, medicine and technology - all very useful and seemingly beneficial to society today - have become unrelenting slave masters.

Let's point out the quick difference between working for someone and being a slave to someone: working for someone is a choice while being a slave to someone is not. 

Who owns you?

Although food and shelter are fantastic motivators to work, most of us can certainly live on less than we eat today and reside in less than we dwell in today. That choice is ours. However, once debt, insurance, medicine and technology get involved, we no longer have a choice about making their demanding payments - we now live on their terms! In a word, that is slavery.

God paid a high price for you, so don’t be enslaved by the world. [1 Corinthians 7.23]

Father, as this year of reading the OYCB gets closer to its end, this short article today serves to remind me that I must remain on alert and make calculated decisions to avoid being enslaved by the world because I am Yours and You paid a high price for me. So be it.