“All I am is yours.” It’s a big thing to say. “Everything I am, everything I have, every single thing about me – it’s all yours.”

Sounds costly, doesn’t it? But – if you’re a Christian – it’s true. Everything about you belongs to Jesus: “You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore honour God with your body.” (1 Cor. 6:19b-20) “All I am is yours”. Christians are slaves of Jesus.

But when you look at the alternative, you realise how wonderful it is to be a slave of Jesus. If you’re not a slave of Jesus, you’re a slave to sin (Rom. 6:16), and a slave to satan (2 Cor. 4:4). You’ll spend the rest of your life wallowing in the mud, utterly blind to the life you’re missing out on with Christ. Worse: you’ll end up in hell – forever.

On the flip-side, being a slave of Jesus means being rescued from hopelessness and despair. It means being on the receiving end of love incomparable. It means being saved out of wretchedness, and into glory – forever. Those who were blind will finally see the truth: slavery to Jesus is true freedom.

Ben Cantelon puts it well in his song “Love Came Down”:

By grace I’m free
You’ve rescued me
All I am is Yours

I’ve found a love greater than life itself
I’ve found a hope stronger and nothing compares
I once was lost now I’m alive in You
I’m alive in You

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