Living Sacrifice

Romans 12:1 – Therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, I urge you to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God; this is your spiritual act of worship.

To present a living sacrifice of our lives to God means that we willing give Him all that we are in exchange for all that He is. It also means that we can no longer gratify our flesh with what we say and do. We must subject our flesh to the guidance of the Holy Spirit who lives in us.

Our spirits were created to have control over our entire life. The flesh was not designed to rule us, but because of sin many of us are controlled by our fleshly desires.

In the preparation process, you learn how to subject your flesh to your spirit by doing what is necessary and required. Preparation causes you to suppress what you would normally do so you can accomplish what is set before you.

Each time you say “No” to the flesh and its desires, you are saying “Yes” to God and His will for you. As you sacrifice time on the phone, watching the television, and letting go of some unhealthy relationships so you can draw nearer to God, He will draw near to you and fill you with more of Himself.

There is a sacrifice for everything that is worth attaining and it requires dying to self. When we get self out of the way God then has clearance to work in us and though us as He desires to.

Make it your prayer that the Lord will teach you how to crucify your flesh so your spirit can rule and govern every single decision that you make.

Please ponder and meditate on this:

Am I willing to offer my life to God as a living sacrifice?