Fully Consecrated to God

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Encouragement for your daily walk with God

D. L. Moody was challenged by a statement he heard from Pastor Henry Varley: "The world has yet to see what God will do with and for and through the man who is fully and wholly consecrated to Him."

What strikes me most about the statement is that it doesn’t suggest God is looking for a person with superior intellect, or post-graduate degrees, or one who is unusually gifted. Rather, what God wants is someone that is a “living sacrifice,” as described by Paul.

History records that as Moody pondered on it, and prayed about it, his ministry radically changed. Every Christ follower should think about it too. What God is really looking for are people who are simply sold out for Him.

There really is no secret to a successful walk with the Lord. It reduces to one thing — COMMITMENT. To be TOTALLY committed requires a daily cross bearing and, despite the obstacles, to press forward in the Lord’s work. 

I want that, don’t you? As Christ followers, let’s commit our ways to the Lord. Take up the challenge as Moody did. His life was never the same afterward. It will be life changing for us too! 

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. [Romans 12:1]