You Are His!

I've recently been reading for my devotional time the classic My Utmost for His Highest by Oswald Chambers.  Everyday I pull out these inspirational statements from his devotions that hurt my head to think about.  Recently while reading I came across something that I recently have adopted as my life motto.  The statement is "Never consider whether or not you are of use-but always consider that you are not your own, you are His."  Wow!  1 Corinthians 6:19 says "Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God?  You are not your own."  So, if we are not our own then whose are we?  That's the big question.  If we are Christ followers then we are His.  What does that mean for us?  It means that anyone that belongs to Christ never has to consider whether or not they are useful.  Because everyone who belongs to Christ has a purpose and is useful in His Kingdom.  So, as a Christ follower that is something we never have to consider.  There are days I don't feel useful.  There are days that I feel taken for granted.  There are days that I feel like I've failed and everyone around me knows it.  But guess what, it's not about me or how I feel.  It's not about who I am.  It's about Whose I am.  If I remember that then I never have to wonder whether or not I'm of use.  I just have to remember that I am His.