Living Service

                "Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God's mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God -- this is your true and proper worship." Romans 12:1

                So often, we as Christians can say that we would die for Christ or we would loose it all for Christ. We can be so willing to do one big final act for Christ, but what about taking out the trash without grumbling, or spending time with someone who gets on your nerves and treating them with love? God has been calling you to live for Him before He has called you to die for Him. He has called you to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, not a dead sacrifice.

                We are so willing to take up our cross and die one final and honorable God glorifying death, but what about taking up our cross daily? What about fighting against the lusts of the flesh and the lust of the eye and the pride of life? Praise God if you are willing to die for Christ's glory, but also be willing to live for His kingdom as well.

                What could you do to grow in Christ, or to live for Him? What is keeping you from living out your whole life for Christ? Look at your life through the mercy that Christ has shown you (dying on the cross for you while you were yet in your sins and loving you even as you were rebelling against Him) and ask yourself if living your life for Christ is worth it. Doesn't He deserve your total worship, your full life? He gave His best, why wouldn't we give our best back?


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