I've known people who collect toys.  They purchase brand new toys and while they're still in the box they put them away where no one can touch them.  By putting them away and never touching them they stay clean and pristine.  This allows them to retain their value and even increase in value as they become collector's items.  The problem is they never do anything with them.  They become toys that are never played with.  They never do what they are designed to do.  So a question begs to be asked: Are they really toys?

Jesus bought us at the price of His own life, His own suffering.  The most expensive price anyone could pay and yet He did it. The Bible says we belong to Him.  I, for one, think that's reasonable.  Yet this verse says that Jesus didn't buy us to put us away so we remain clean and pristine.  No, He bought us and made us clean but then He allows us to fulfill the jobs we were designed for.  Is there a chance that we could get messed up? Yes.  Yet God takes that chance so we can be what we were designed for.  Why does He do that?  Because part of our fulfillment in life depends on us doing what we were designed to do; being what we were designed to be.  He allows it--for us so that we can be our very best.  Do we get tarnished at times? Absolutely but He cleanses us from all unrighteousness so we can continue becoming what He designed us to be.  All because He loves us.