In the chapel that is beneath Christ the Redeemer statue, there were some who were selling a pendant which said, “I belong to Christ”. When Dr. Bill Bright, the founder of Campus Crusade for Christ was question “Why did God use and bless your life so much?”, he replied, “When I was a young man I made a contract with God. I literally wrote it out and signed my name at the bottom. It said ‘From this day forward, I am a slave of Jesus Christ.”
Unfortunately the word “slave” has been used more commonly in a negative light imply subjugation against one’s will, but the World English dictionary defines the word “Slave” as “someone who legally belongs to another.” To be a slave of Christ Jesus is to belong to him, not out of compulsion but out of choice. The Apostle Paul writes, “we belong to Christ” (1 Corinthians 3:23). In other words, we are “owned by Christ”.
What is your/my contract with God?
1 Corinthians 3:23 (KJV)
23 And ye are Christ’s; and Christ is God’s.
