and for him touch those who are in
need using human instruments in the accomplishing of
his purposes sometimes I question why didn't God
use angels instead of fallible human beings he
has his reasons I don't know them but
he has chosen to use men and women
as his instruments to accomplish his purposes here
in this world to show the world his
love by and through our lives they become
the manifestation of God's love to a needy
world and we realize that the world has
yet to see what God could do through
just one life that was totally dedicated to
him we each of us in a major
or another have sought to commit our lives
to God but none have ever totally committed
and the world has yet to see what
God would do through one person totally committed
to do his will the path that I
have trod has brought me near to God
though oft it led through sorrow's gates is
not the way I choose for in my
way I might lose the joy that yet
for me awaits not what I wish to
be nor where I wish to go for
who am I that I should choose my
way the Lord shall choose for me his
better far I know so let him bid
me go or stay how do we present
our bodies to God Paul said holy and
acceptable unto him God spoke of the sacrifices
and we're to offer ourselves as living sacrifices
the Bible speaks of the sacrifices that were
brought to God in the Old Testament and
God's requirement for those sacrifices in Leviticus 22
20 the Lord said whatever has a blemish
you shall not offer for it will not
be accepted it shall be perfect to be
accepted there should be no blemish in it
that which is blind or broken or maimed
or having an abnormal growth or scurvy or
scabbed you shall not offer these unto the
Lord nor make an offering by fire of
them upon the altar unto the Lord you
shall not offer to the Lord anything that
is bruised or crushed or broken or cut
if I'm to offer my body as a
living sacrifice immediately when we look at these
requirements for the sacrifice in the Old Testament
we realize that we're not any of us
qualified for we all of us have Mars
bruises things that would disqualify us from being
sacrificed to the Lord holy and acceptable well
none of us are really acceptable because none
of us are truly holy yet Paul speaks
of the church and how that Christ loved
the church and gave himself for it that
he might present it unto himself a glorious
church having not spot or wrinkle or any
such thing that it should be holy and
without blemish Paul wrote to the Ephesians in
chapter 1 verse 4 according as he has
chosen us in him before the foundation of
the world that we should be holy and
without blame before him in love.
Jude closes his letter by saying now unto
him who is able to keep you from
falling and to present you faultless before the
presence of his glory with exceeding joy so
when we are told to present our bodies
as living sacrifices holy and acceptable we all
of a sudden realize that it isn't that
I am holy but this is my position
in Christ through the work of Jesus in
my life I am without spot I am
without blemish before God and he is purpose
to present me without fault faultless before the
presence of his glory with exceeding joy if
ever you take a picture of my wife
Kay she'll always say to you now airbrush
it before you use it remove the wrinkles
and the blemishes you know that's exactly what
the Lord has done taking a picture of
you he airbrushes he brushes away all of
the defects all of the blemishes and he
sees you perfect perfect in him through that
work of his spirit within your life this
is a very rational appeal present your bodies
as living sacrifices unto God holy and acceptable
unto him which is your reasonable service that
is it makes sense to present my life
to God that God might use me as
he sees fit in the accomplishing of that
which he has purposed for me to be
and to do you have only one life
and it will soon be passed and only
what you do for Jesus Christ is going
to last Paul tells us about one day
when we stand before Jesus to give an
account unto him concerning what we have done
with these bodies that the works that we
have done will be tested by fire what
sort they are and he says that a
lot of the things that we have done
are going to just go up in the
flames they'll be reduced to ashes but