Why give yourself totally to God? Right here. Right now. Many of you have never done this. You have never yielded yourself totally to God without reservation or equivocation. But that is God's command for every Christian. We should be motivated by mercy to live for the One who died for us. Halfway commitment is irrational. This commitment is an act of the will. It isn't automatic. It's a decision that you must think about rationally and make. No one else can do it for you. This commitment is both initial and ongoing. Living sacrifices have a way of crawling off the altar! The godless system of thinking and acting known as "the world" will cheat you out of consecration. The church should be in the world, but the world should not be in the church. The world is like a Trojan Horse. It's the water in the boat and not the boat on the water that sinks the ship. We are not to immerse ourselves in the sinful activities the world promotes, nor are we to retain the corrupt mind that the world creates. Rather, we are to conform ourselves, and our minds, to that of Jesus Christ. This is a daily activity and commitment. "Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind" (Romans 12:2). Don't let the world squeeze you into its mold! Be transformed by the renewing of your mind.
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David Bodanza is the pastor of Mission of Grace Church in Westborough, Massachusetts. He is also a practicing lawyer. He holds an M.Div. degree from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary and a J.D. from New England School of Law. He lives in Massachusetts with his wife, four...
