CONSECRATION THE FINAL GOAL

Now that we know what it is and how to do it, all of us are to become preachers and go into the world and preach. NO! What we are to do is serve Him. Many years ago a pastor told me that not all churches are for all people. Some churches are for painters, some are for plumbers. A painter going to a plumbing church will feel lost. In other words not all people are called for all things.

I am sure we can all name at least one person that has called themselves to preach. It is sad to see someone get full of what they think is the Spirit of God, leave from under a good pastor and go start what I call a fly by night church. They feel they are called to preach, many times the only person that has called them is themselves.

All of us are to offer ourselves to the Lord, and then we are to wait on Him. Maybe He has called you to preach, but did He tell you to go preach now?

As long as we are Christians we are to serve the Lord all our life's. But we are to serve Him in the way that He will tell us to serve. Serve does not mean we pick what we want to do, serve means to wait on the Lord to tell us what to do.

Years ago we had a funny little song that went something like this: move it to the left, move it to the right, now move it all around. Well if that is what God says then that is what you do. Obeying God is pleasing to God.

It is not now much we can give God, it is being accepted and being granted the honor of serving Him. That is the reality of consecration.

It is a joyful thing to be saved, it is far more joyful for us to have a part in service to the Lord.

Because of the death and resurrection of Christ we do not have to kill the rams and put blood on our right thumbs, big toe and ear. We do not have to sprinkle blood or do a wave offering.

There is a requirement and that is that we are saved. It is because of God's abounding grace that we can consecrate ourselves. What a tremendous thing it is that we can receive His grace and be counted worthy to serve Him.

God Bless Indeed

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