Surrender in Sacrifice

BEGIN AGAIN!
Terry R. Baughman

“Beloved friends, what should be our proper response to God’s marvelous mercies? To surrender yourselves to God to be his sacred, living sacrifices” (Romans 12:1 TPT).

God’s matchless mercy will compel us to surrender completely to Him. Once we have experienced God’s mercy which we do not deserve and come to an understanding of its greatness, we cannot help but willing give up everything for His cause. Recognizing what our salvation cost Him and the vast empathy of mercy that must have required, how can we resist His call and refuse His plan? He only wants what is best for us, so why wouldn’t we surrender to His direction. 

Throughout history a multitude of animal sacrifices were offered to God on hand-built altars, on the altar in the tabernacle of the wilderness, and later in Solomon’s Temple in Jerusalem. They were all the depiction of a future sacrifice of ransom that Jesus would offer for the sins of the world. What could never be accomplished through the offering of an animal for sacrifice was abundantly provided through the death of a lamb, “The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!” (John 1:29 NKJ). 

The scene of Calvary is the picture of pardon and the message of mercy. This graphic demonstration of God’s great love story causes us to respond in repentance and submit ourselves as a living sacrifice. God has not called us to die for Him, but to live for Him and continually submit our will to Him and to share ourselves with the world. His passion has become our mission!


Theme passage:
“Be inwardly transformed by the Holy Spirit through a total reformation of how you think” (Romans 12:2 TPT).
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