(Sixth part)
Memory verse: Rom 12:1 " I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service "
God gave the best to get the best out of world; He gave His only begotten son to bring many sons to himself in glory! The law of sowing and reaping states "what you sow is what you reap". The higher the sacrifice the higher the prize! When it came to the Lord Jesus, the sacrifice He gave was His very life. Abraham sacrificed his very son.
What is the highest sacrifice the Lord is demanding of us? The scripture has revealed it, our own bodies, i.e. our own lives. So the highest form of sacrifice is not what we have. It's who we are (Jn3:16) By this we know love, because He laid down His life for us. And we also ought to lay down our lives for the brethren. It’s not enough to give to God or to give away everything we have; God wants us to give him our lives as sacrifices. The scripture says the sacrifice of the Lord is a contrite spirit and a broken heart (Ps 51:17) Scripture reveals the true service we have, i.e. we’re priests who have a duty to offer to God not lives or flesh of goats and sheep but our bodies. We’re the priests and we are the sacrifice. There’s nothing we can do for God, except to give Him our lives and He himself can turn them into His vessels or channels or instruments or whatever. Just give it to Him, once it’s in His possession it’s up to Him what He wants to turn it into and what He uses it for. A life surrendered to God is the life that will be most productive.
God turned Moses’ rod into a divine instrument to do great miracles, He turned the ass’s jawbone into a weapon of war into Samson’s hands that killed one thousand philistines. John the Baptist told the Pharisees that God has the ability of turning stones into sons of Abraham. You just don’t have any idea what God can make out of your life once surrendered to Him. God wants to feel through you, He wants to touch your generation through you, there are places God wants to reach through. Give Him your life and your generation will be blessed. God does not lack power but vessels, God does not lack a word to your nation but a mouth, God has never stopped to heal, He only lacks hands, there are no places God cannot reach to save lives but He lacks legs, God has never run short of messages but messengers! Beloved, there is a word hanging over your head: "will you give me your life" says God!
Enjoy your weekend while musing on the color of your destiny.
