Living for Jesus

"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. 2And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God".

                                                                    Romans 12:1-2.  NKJV

Here, the apostle Paul writes about total commitment. It can also be expressed by total surrender. Jesus Christ must come first in our lives. He teaches about presenting our body as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is our reasonable service.

Therefore, having the attitude that, if Jesus has died for me, then the least I can do is live for Him. 

The great cricketer and later, missionary CT Studd declared: 'If Jesus Christ be God and died for me then, no sacrifice can be too great for me to make for Him.' Likewise, Issac Watts wrote in his wonderful hymn 'When I survey the wondrous cross': 'Love so amazing, so divine, demands my heart, my life, my all'.

So in verse 2 of our text we read: 'And do not be conformed to this world'. I rather like Phillips paraphrase which says: 'Don't let the world around you squeeze you into its own mould.' We need to abandon the thought patterns and lifestyles that we have been used to and 'not be conformed to this world.' The word 'world' here can be translated 'age'.

We live in an 'age' where people have created their own version of what we should do, so  we need to think the way God thinks as detailed in the bible. We need to get ourselves into the position of having a (1) Yielded Body (2) A Separated Life and (3) A Transformed Mind. When we are this way, we show that we are fully committed to God; we have done our bit, so He will now do His and we will be renewed and fully transformed.

We can't do this alone. We have proved that. We need Jesus to help us over the hurdles of worldly life, into the realms of spiritual life, and this can begin today.

If you don't know Jesus or, have fallen away, why not say this prayer right now

Lord Jesus, I have sinned. I ask you to forgive me and be my Lord and Saviour. Please come into my heart, fill me with Your Spirit and give me a brand new start today. In Jesus' Name. Amen
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