“This is the will of God, your sanctification…” —1
Thessalonians 4:3
“Sanctification is not a question of whether God is willing
to sanctify me— is it my will? Am I willing to let God do in me everything that
has been made possible through the atonement of the Cross of Christ? Am I
willing to let Jesus become sanctification to me, and to let His life be
exhibited in my human flesh? (see 1 Corinthians 1:30). […] Receive Jesus Christ
to become sanctification for you by absolute, unquestioning faith, and the
great miracle of the atonement of Jesus will become real in you. […] Sanctification
makes me one with Jesus Christ, and in Him one with God, and it is accomplished
only through the magnificent atonement of Christ. Never confuse the effect with
the cause. The effect in me is obedience, service, and prayer, and is the outcome
of inexpressible thanks and adoration for the miraculous sanctification that
has been brought about in me because of the atonement through the Cross of
Christ.” CHAMBERS
Are you willing to let God change you? And if you think to
yourself, “hasn’t He changed me enough?”, then the answer is no. Are you willing to let Him control your life?
Or better, are you willing to release your life to God? My sister and I used to tease each other by
saying “you are not the boss of me!” It
was all in good jest, but when it comes to submitting to God and letting Him
shape you into the new creation that He has intended you to be, well that is
not a joke. When you are born again, you
are set apart from this world and its judgement. But then comes the challenge. Will you be obedient, to the point of letting
God transform you. The New Testament is
replete with admonitions to the Saints to abandon the old way and pursue the
new. To follow the Spirit and not their
flesh. That requires a submission of the
heart. Your devotion must be first to
God. Matthew 22:37 “Love God with all ….” We all have aspects of our old life that we
still cling to. We must let it go. Surrender it to God. Romans
12:1 “Offer yourself as a living sacrifice … your reasonable service”, why
is it reasonable? Because while you were
yet a sinner, Christ died for you. ELGIN
Jeremiah 29:11 “For
I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and
not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.”
My Will (DC Talk)
“I'm setting the stage for the things I love, And I'm now the man I once couldn't be
And nothing on earth could now ever move me’ I now have the
will and the strength a man needs
Complexity haunts
me for I am two men, Entrenched in a battle that I'll never win
My discipline
fails me, my knowledge it fools me, But You are my shelter, all the strength
that I need
I'm learning to
give up the rights to myself, The bits and the pieces I've gathered as
wealth
Could never compare to the joy that You bring me, The peace
that You show me is the strength that I need
It's my will, I'm not moving, 'Cause if it's Your will, then
nothing can shake me
And it's my will
to bow and praise You, I now have the will to praise my God”
Bondye Beni Ou (God Bless You)
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