Thursday, June 30, 2011

Set Apart

“For this is the will of God, that you should be consecrated (separated and set apart for pure and holy living)..”  I Thess. 4:3  Amp. Bible

God’s desire for His children is that they be wholly set apart for Him.  “Every cooking pot in Jerusalem….will be holy to the Lord.” (Zech. 14:21)

God must not be confined to Sunday mornings, devotional times or ‘spiritual’ conferences.  He is the God of everyday, at home as well as the sanctuary, the golf course as well as the altar.  Similarly, in our life there can be no hidden sins or thoughts to which the Lord has no access.

We must not repeat Saul’s mistake of keeping part of God’s property for our self. (I Sam. 15:9)  The sanctification must be whole, complete, even down to the “pots and pans of the kitchen”.   

We cannot say, “Lord, save my soul, but leave my mind and heart alone.”  We cannot offer Him our spirit but retain the full right to use our body as we wish.

Paul prayed for the Thessalonian believers; “May your spirit and soul and body be preserved complete.” (I Thess. 5:23)    That is for all of us….be complete in Christ!  This requires total surrender of our flesh to Jesus.

God wants a personal relationship with each one of us.   He wants to make every area of our life “awesome”.   He wants to be the Master of our thoughts as well as our emotions, instincts and even our subconscious.

When He becomes our all, our life will become radiant with His abounding peace and joy.

“But even now, says the Lord,
repent sincerely and return to me
with fasting and weeping and mourning.”   Joel  2:12  GNT

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