“Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God.“
— Romans 6:13 KJV
Reflection on Today's Verse
There’s something powerful about the word offer. It’s not passive. It’s deliberate. Paul isn’t talking about stumbling into sin or accidentally slipping up. He’s talking about what we choose to give our time, thoughts, and energy to. The picture here is simple: we are instruments. Tools. And tools don’t choose their purpose—the hands that hold them do.
Before Christ, sin called the shots. It played us like cheap instruments in a dark tune. But now? We’re alive. Not “kind of better,” not “slightly improved.” Alive. Brand-new. Resurrected people don’t play in the cemetery. We belong on a different stage.
So this verse is a reminder to stop handing ourselves over to what killed us. Our thoughts, our hands, our desires—they were designed for something holy now. Not perfectly holy, but aiming in that direction. God’s direction.
This is about surrender, but not the kind that leaves you powerless. It’s the kind that finally plugs you into purpose.
Personal Prayer
Father, You brought me from death to life, and I don’t want to forget that. Help me stop offering my mind, my time, and my choices to what You already freed me from.
Take every part of me—my hands, my words, even the stuff I’m still ashamed of—and turn it into something useful for You.
I don’t want to play for sin anymore. I want to play in tune with grace. Use me, Lord. I’m Yours. Amen.