GODS WORD TO YOU
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A LIVING SACRIFICE.
ROM 12:1 Says thus:
“I beseech you therefore brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies, a living sacrifice, holy acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.”
A sacrifice is something you are willing to give out, to let go, to leave, to demote, to degrade, to reduce value, regardless of how special it may seem or look to you. It is usually a painful process (the process of letting go, loosing, sacrificing).
In our lives as humans, there are things we like, things that interests us, things we respond to and relate with everyday of our lives, when we go out and come in. on the long run, we develop interest in them and begin to like them and even love them, so much so that a “bond” is formed between us and them (things), that it becomes difficult to let go. It’s so special and so dear to you, that you are willing to do anything virtually, to ensure its safety or survival as the case may be.
Sometimes in life, circumstances may arise, where in you have to let go and such dearie things, animate or inanimate, physical or spiritual, human or animal, as the case may be, usually for what you have considered as a “greater good”. Now, it is called “sacrifice”; when you let go despite your attachment or history with that thing.
A sacrifice is something that is also given out, let go in order to gain something of a better quality and value. God sacrificed His son, so He could have more sons (children) like you and I.
Now, haven been reconciled with God, through Christ’s death, the ultimate sacrifice, our thanks to him, is living for Him everyday of our lives, by doing as He says and pleases, we do so in the Spirit and by the Spirit (Not by our own power or own wisdom(or understanding). But it ain't a smooth ride though, because the flesh (outer covering) requires certain things for survival and certain things also which are against the laws of the Spirit, which will inhibit us from doing as He says i.e. living out lives for Him. This is where sacrifice comes in (ROM 12:1). The flesh lusts in the heart for what is has seen and touched. This creates a hindrance for the Spirits activities. This is where the line is drawn, labeled by the question – “Do you give your flesh what it wants and desires, against (i.e. to the detriment of, and let to suffer) the desires of the Spirit, i.e. the instructions of the Lord to you?.
Now, when you decide (choose) to ignore, to despise the fun and acquisitions and fame and fantasy, and all that you love and desire and hunger for, bringing the flesh, your body under subjection to the law of the Spirit, forcing it to obey the instructions of the Spirit, in serving the Lord, then you have SACRIFICED the flesh, your body (i.e. a living sacrifice), which is Holy and acceptable unto God. This is all we are here for, it is the only reasonable service He(God) accepts, that will be tried by fire and not burned.
His grace is sufficient for us.
By His grace, we will prevail, AMEN.
FROM:
Glory’s Lab,
GLORY C. JOSEPHS.
