Just
being real ………….. All week I have had two
things going through my mind. When I
quote a scripture to someone do I believe it for myself? The second one is the lyric I heard, “Worship
is more than just a song.”
When we signed up
for this walk with Jesus, we signed up to die.
To die to ourselves, to be living sacrifices Holy and pleasing to
God,
Romans 12-1 Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God's
mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to
God--this is your spiritual act of worship.
Revelation 12.11 And they overcame
him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony; and they loved
not their lives unto the death.
I hear
this scripture quoted all the time but only the first part. How convenient to leave off the last part
about dying to yourself.
I look
at these two scriptures and see how they go together. You have to die to yourself before you can be
a living sacrifice
I have
to admit that dying to myself is not the simplest thing to do. At times it
comes very easy when it is convenient, but what about when it is not? I got out this old book I have called “Let Go” by Fenelon. The letters in this book were penned during
the 17th century. Anyhow when
I opened it, I see the letter titled “the discovery of death and self.” I
have underlined in the letter “you asked for a remedy, that your problem
might be cured. You don’t need to be
cured, you need to be slain!
Then I go back in my journal and I am reading along when I come across
the part of my journal where I did a 40 day fast and there it is again the
exact same quote.
What
needs to die in you today?
Whenever
you quote a scripture to someone do you ever think that it doesn’t apply to
you?
