906 You Belong to Christ, A Guided Christian Meditation on 1 Corinthians 3:21-23 with the Recenter With Christ app

906 You Belong to Christ, A Guided Christian Meditation on 1 Corinthians 3:21-23 with the Recenter With Christ app

The purpose of this podcast is to help you find more peace in  and connect with the true source of peace, Jesus Christ. 

Outline: Relaxation, Reading, Meditation, Prayer, Contemplation and Visualization.
 You can sit comfortably and uninterrupted for about 20 minutes.You should hopefully not be driving or anything tense or unrelaxing.  If you feel comfortable doing so, I invite you to close your eyes.
 
Guided Relaxation / Guided Meditation:
 
Breathe and direct your thoughts to connecting with God. Let your stomach be a balloon inflate,  deflate.

Scripture for Meditation

1 Corinthians 3:21-23

KJV
21 Therefore let no man glory in men. For all things are your's;
22 Whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come; all are your's;
23 And ye are Christ's; and Christ is God's.

NABRE
21 So let no one boast about human beings, for everything belongs to you, 22 Paul or Apollos or Cephas, or the world or life or death, or the present or the future: all belong to you, 23 and you to Christ, and Christ to God.

NRSVCE
21 So let no one boast about human leaders. For all things are yours, 22 whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas or the world or life or death or the present or the future—all belong to you, 23 and you belong to Christ, and Christ belongs to God.

Reflection on Scripture:

We spend a great deal of time on earth trying to distinguish what is our property and what is other people's. There are contracts, deeds, titles, ownership, identity verification. It all is an outcropping of the fallen world we live in. Those are rules that apply on earth. In Heaven those distinguishing points make way less sense. Through the Grace of Jesus we are made join heirs with Christ. All the Father has will be ours. All things are yours is what Paul says. All belong to us and we belong to Christ. 
Imagine what a beautiful notion that is. This is not to make a case for earthly laws at all, far from it. It is an eternal spiritual principle. You belong to God. Through Him all belongs to us as well. With that said there is no need for defensiveness in faith. We should be confident and strong, but also humble and deferential to God's knowledge above our own. We are so blessed by God that we do not need to trust our jealous human emotions when it comes to faith. 

Ponder instead what a great gift it is that all things are yours. Whatever feeling of scarcity or ownership you experience in your life is a temporary earthly problem. Through God, there is no human supremacy. During this period of reflection I invite you to reflect on what amazing that is. How amazing it is to be love and totally accepted by God. Live in that union and in your heart seek to extend that to all God's children. 

Meditation of Prayer:

Pray as directed by the Spirit.

Dedicate these moments to the patient waiting, when you feel ready ask God for understanding you desire from Him.

Meditation of God and His Glory / Hesychasm:

I invite you to sit in silence feeling patient for your own faults and trials.

Summarize what insights you have gained during this meditation and meditate and visualize positive change in your life:

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Final Question: If you consider the invitation and command to persevere in the faith, what change in your life does that bring to your mind? 

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