Russell & Styers posted: " I was awakened out of a deep sleep two mornings back. I was dreaming and was saying something. As I woke up, I continued to speak the rest. I quickly grabbed my notebook that I keep beside my bed and wrote down exactly what I said. What I speaking as "
I was awakened out of a deep sleep two mornings back. I was dreaming and was saying something. As I woke up, I continued to speak the rest. I quickly grabbed my notebook that I keep beside my bed and wrote down exactly what I said.
What I speaking as I woke up was, "Bind the sacrifices with cords to the altar." I had no idea what the meaning of it was. I got up and came into the living room to spend time with God. I then heard God say, "Psalm 118." I reached down and picked up my Bible and found the chapter and started to read. I was in awe when I got to verse 27. "The Lord is God, and He has given us light [illuminating us with His grace and freedom and joy]. Bind the festival sacrifices with cords to the horns of the altar."
I talked to Pat about it once she got up, but it continued to stay on my mind, especially yesterday. I was trying to figure out what God was wanting to tell me through the dream and words. Well, last night I received what He was saying. I had to get out of His way and stop trying to figure it out myself and let Him speak to me.
I have spoken the words that I have surrendered all to Him and I thought I have but I never thought of it in the way He was telling me through this verse. I spend time with Him, listen for Him and talk to Him but I have come to realize after receiving what I did last night, maybe I had not given all.
What He said last night was to offer oneself as a living sacrifice. What does that truly mean? It means to GIVE everything, all of me to Him to use. To give Him not only my time but also my ambitions, my possessions, my ears, my eyes, my mind, my mouth, my emotions, my attitude, my hands, my feet, my heart, my words, to Him to use. To lay it all before His throne, before the altar.
I thought I had been giving Him everything but after He said that to me, I realized there was still more to let go of, to surrender to Him. There was still some of me in the mix. I love the way He does things. I never know what He may show me or say. He knows I will take it to heart and will do my best to do just that. To truly surrender everything to Him. To offer myself as a living sacrifice to Him. Will you?
Romans 12:1-2 "Therefore I urge you, brothers and sisters, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies [dedicating all of yourselves, set apart] as a living sacrifice, holy and well-pleasing to God, which is your rational act of worship. And do not be conformed to this world [any longer with its superficial values and customs], but be transformed and changed [as you mature spiritually] by the renewing of your mind [focusing on godly values and ethical attitudes], so that you may prove [for yourselves] what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect [in His plan and purpose for you]."
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