He Owns Us (Phillips)

When we are small, we are prone to grab at control in our lives by saying that word “Mine” and doing so forcefully. As we get older...we may not say it...but the sentiment is still in our heart...“Mine!” Today, as we look at the very important Fifth Commandment, we’re reminded that actually nothing is “Mine!” but everything, including my very life, belongs to God. To be sure, it has been given to us...more like loaned to us...but it nonetheless belongs to the God who “knit us together in our mother’s womb”. Therefore, if all life comes from and therefore belongs to God...and it does...it’s then not ours to take, ever. We cannot take our own life...nor anyone else’s. Today we’ll remember that life is precious to be sure, but we’ll remember that this is true because “He Owns Us”.