 Having become slaves of Jesus Christ with Paul, we no longer live for ourselves. We give ourselves up to the will of Jesus Christ, our Lord, our head. We were bought with a price and we are not our own. The love of Christ compels us. The love of Christ constrains us. His love for us constrains us, controls us, compels our thoughts, our actions, our faith. There are things that you now will never do again because you are a slave. There are things that you will do even if it costs your own life and you prepare yourself for that eventuality. You prepare yourself for the fact that there are things that you're called to do that you must do even if it costs you your own life. That's because you're a slave.