AUGUST 18, 2025 ~ FROM A PASTOR'S HEART

AUGUST 18 DEVOTIONAL BIBLE READING: ROMANS 12:1-2

To you, is God worthy? I mean all we Christians easily say that He is worthy...but when we look at our lives do they say that the Lord God Almighty is worthy? Paul tells us we are to offer ourselves to God as "living sacrifices.” A sacrifice is all in...there is no part way for a sacrifice! Are we all in with God? Does He have our all? Are we dead to self and alive in Him? This is what the Scripture says is required of us and this is not some extraordinary requirement for a mere few, but it is for us all...it is our, "reasonable act of worship.”

Our life as believers is in Christ Jesus...we have no life outside of Him. He not only gives us life, He is our life. Before Him, we were dead in our trespasses and sins against God. He took we who were dead and brought us life in Himself. Grasping that truth we begin to see that our life, our existence, is not our own...it is His. We no longer live to ourselves, but our life and all that is a part of it, are in Him. Giving ourselves completely over to Him who gave us everything is not unreasonable when we understand what He has done for us. Our lives become an expression of praise and worship to the One who is worthy. We express our belief that He is worthy of all praise and glory...He is worthy of everything we are...He is worthy of everything we have, when we, "present ourselves as living sacrifices, holy and acceptable to God, which is our reasonable act of worship!"

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