Saturday, February 8, 2014

Is Your Heart Set Apart?

My Utmost For His Highest
 
‘When we pray, asking God to sanctify us, are we prepared to measure up to what that really means? Are we prepared to pay the cost of sanctification? Are we really prepared for God to perform in us everything for which He separated us? And after He has done His work, are we then prepared to separate ourselves to God just as Jesus did? “For their sakes I sanctify Myself . . .” (John 17:19). Sanctification means being made one with Jesus so that the nature that controlled Him will control us. Are we really prepared for what that will cost? It will cost absolutely everything in us which is not of God.
 
Are we prepared to be caught up into the full meaning of Paul’s prayer in this verse? Are we prepared to say, “Lord, make me, a sinner saved by grace, as holy as You can”? Are we prepared to set ourselves apart for the Holy Spirit’s work in us?’ CHAMBERS
 
Chambers devotion was filled with questions. The questions began with “are we prepared”  in other words, are we willing .. is our mind set … How do you prepare for a test in school?  You set your mind to it.  You focus on it.  You study the subject.  In the same way, we must set our minds to sanctification … becoming like Jesus.  Be careful.  If you decide that you can’t .. then you won’t.  Being transformed (Romans 12:1-2) is a process.  It certainly has a beginning … salvation … and it has an end … standing in the presence of our Lord … but it is what is “in between” that we are talking about today.   How you choose to live your life. God does not intend that you find a cave and live in it .. set apart from everything and everyone.  But He does intend that you live your life in a way that your heart and its devotions are set apart from the things and ways of this world. His purpose is that we would be one with Jesus … in disposition, deed and devotion.  The book we need to study is the Bible .. the teacher is the Holy Spirit.  The test is how we live our lives.
 
Bondye Beni Ou (God Bless You)

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