A Living Sacrifice

Romans 12:1-2  I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.  And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

Is your life stable? Are you growing closer to the Lord? Does He have your best or is it one step forward and two steps back? Is your sacrifice bucket stashed with inferior substitutes? That won't do. Jesus wants a living sacrifice. He wants you.

INFERIOR SUBSTITUTE SACRIFICES:

• Serving The Lord with human effort instead of seeking divine power 
• Compromising God’s standards of excellence 
• Accepting what the World offers in place of God’s presence and power 
• Making  excuses instead of humble obedience 

Presenting your body a living sacrifice to God isn’t always easy, but God knows we aren’t perfect so He offers His mercies. He only wants our best. That’s reasonable.

1 Corinthians 15:57-58 But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.