Bible Verse of The Day – 3-23-20

Romans 12:1 (NKJV) 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.

As God works to shape us and mold us, He has one expectation; that we allow Him to teach us how to present our bodies as a living sacrifice to Him.

Now, that might sound kind of odd to our human ears. It may even seem extreme to some people. But It’s a truth that is the foundation of our walk with God, in the sense that He wants our all, 100% of our hearts, not just a piece or a fragment.

In the days of the Old Testament, animals were sacrificed as a type of worship to God. But since we are now living under the new covenant, and God has done away with animal sacrifices, He now asks us to present ourselves (our lives) as living sacrifices to Him.

God isn’t interested in lip service. And He isn’t interested in halfhearted attempts to appease Him by us going through the motions, so to speak.

Don’t mistake this as God pressuring us into something we don’t want. He doesn’t push us into anything at all, ever.

He does desire, though, that we love Him with our whole heart. And with that kind of love, it’s only logical that we would be willing to surrender ourselves to Him entirely. After all, Jesus gave His whole self for us, so why wouldn’t we also be willing to do the same for Him.

And speaking of logic, the Greek word used for reasonable, in the verse above, is the same word that means logic in Greek, inferring that it is only logical for us to give our bodies as living sacrifices.

That’s a pretty sobering thought, isn’t it?

Let’s ponder on this. Let it get into your heart. If God says it’s our reasonable service, then it must be pretty important to Him.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
P.O. Box 272
Bradford, RI 02808

401-315-0902

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