Your Body Matters

Your body matters.

You might not think about that all the time. When was the last time you looked down at your hands or feet, noticing the way they look or feel? What did you think? Were you pleased or not? What significance did you attribute to your body?

The human body is filled with wonders, intricately
designed by our Creator. Our brains alone are possibly the most complicated objects in the entire cosmos, which is to say nothing of the rest of our bodies! All in all, the human body can do amazing things—reaching, running, gathering, inventing, etc. But this isn’t why our bodies matter.

God has a human body too. You’ve heard the story of how Jesus was born in Bethlehem. The all-powerful Being who created and sustains all of space and time has a human body with hair and legs and teeth. God is related to us by blood. He is one of us now. The big theological word for this is the incarnation. Jesus dwelled with us (John 1:14).

He was killed, and the Roman empire tore His body apart. That should have been the end of the incarnation, as remarkable as it was. Human bodies, while incredible, are also mortal and vulnerable to harm.

But then Jesus rose from the dead.

Your body matters because Jesus will raise it from the dead when He returns— either to judgment or to eternal life with Him and His people (John 5:25-29). If you’re a Christian, you are united to Christ, and, by the power of the Holy Spirit, He will raise you, free from every hurt and deformity—just like He rose from the grave (Philippians 3:20-21). Your resurrected body will be like His body, youthful and whole. And your body will live forever. • Kevin Zeller

• Is it hard to imagine God having a human body? Why or why not?

• Reread today’s Scripture passage. Why is the resurrection so important to the hope we have in Jesus?

He will transform the body of our humble condition into the likeness of His glorious body, by the power that enables Him to subject everything to Himself. Philippians 3:21 (CSB)

Read Verses:

1 Corinthians 15:12-19