Sacrifice For Life

Romans 12:1-3

 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service. ² And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.
³ For I say, through the grace given to me, to everyone who is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think soberly, as God has dealt to each one a measure of faith.


We are in a battle within our minds.  We ask ourselves should we do this?  or should we do that?  Our Lord tells us we've been bought at a price (His blood) and we no longer belong to ourselves.  In verse 1 He says, that we ought to present our "bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which" should be our reasonable service in serving Him.  Our spirits are what move our fleshly body that we live in today, and the demonic realm knows this.  So they speak to our untrained spirit minds constantly hoping we will do all the things that go against God's word and we do.  God states we don't fight against flesh and blood, but the spirits that move around us in the unknown.  God asks us, to be transformed by the renewing of our minds through His word and commands, that we may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.  When we think, believe, and walk the word of God, we will see the word manifest around us, proving every man a liar and God's word truth.  God speaks of extraordinary events happening in our ancestors lives long ago.  Now it's up to us to manifest our Angels and God before our eyes, seek His word and love so intently that visions, dreams, goals, and aspirations for what God tells us we can have will mount up on the inside of us launching us straight to our inheritances.  But in verse 3 the bible tells us to not think of ourselves more highly than we ought.  We can't think we're better than Jesus Christ who came to serve, and not be served.  We are moving around one another in a spirit of competition that's always trying to out do the next man.  We compare ourselves among ourselves on a constant basis.  God says He has given each of us a measure of faith.  Now it is up to us to use it.  Stir it up with love and sacrifice for life. 

Blessings to you sacrifices for God, sacrifice,

Vincent Young, Christian Analyst