Wednesday, July 19, 2017

Wholly Surrendered?


“Do not offer any part of yourself to sin as an instrument of wickedness, but rather offer yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life; and offer every part of yourself to him as an instrument of righteousness.”

Romans 6:13







Give your body parts to God as an offering?

While that may sound macabre or grotesque to some, Paul is not urging us to cut off a limb and place it on an altar of fire.

Rather, He is urging that our hands, feet, eyes, etc...be devoted to Him as instruments of righteousness rather than as instruments of wickedness.

Instantaneous change?

No!

A process?

Positively!

As long as we are in these bodies we will struggle with how we surrender and to whom we surrender our lives.

Yes, there is pleasure in sin – even though it is just for a season – and yes sometimes the rewards of righteousness may be delayed but that does not mean we have to surrender to sin.

Let God rule in your mortal body.

Bring your flesh under authority to the spirit man guided and directed by the Holy Spirit of God living in you.


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