DOES MY SACRIFICE LIVE?

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“Let not the wise man boast of his wisdom or the strong man boast of his strength or the rich man boast of his riches, but let him who boasts boast about this: that he understands and knows me, that I am the LORD, who exercises kindness, justice and righteousness on earth, for in these I delight”

January 8, 2011

My Daily Prayers and Readings for 1/08/2011

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Yesterday started as a day full of peace and hope, but ended full of conviction and regret because I failed to die to my selfish pride and rather than hold to and share my peace from You knowing who am I, I fell victim to myself and what I am not, thinking I would find satisfaction in criticizing, rather than holding my tongue. Such a narrow path is it, and how easy one can slip off. Thankfully as the minutes passed midnight and I tried to regain that peace I realized that lesson learned I was being harder on myself than You were, and that I was letting regret become fear, and there is no place for fear as I seek Your face and to walk as one with You. Knowing I am nothing without You, and the peace I sought is hidden in understanding and accepting that which I sought to criticize, not in wanting to be accepted and understood. There MUST be more of You and LESS of me; I MUST decrease and You MUST increase if I am to maintain peace from moment to moment, and finish how I start each day with You, seeking You face and prayer that Your presence is visible within me.

I would do well to always heed Your words: “Let not the wise man boast of his wisdom or the strong man boast of his strength or the rich man boast of his riches, but let him who boasts boast about this: that he understands and knows me, that I am the LORD, who exercises kindness, justice and righteousness on earth, for in these I delight” Jer. 9:23-24

Abba Father in the name of Christ Jesus who lives within me through the Holy Spirit I pray that You create in me a clean heart, and renew a right spirit within me, for my one walk in and with Jesus today. Asking that You bless me and mine in fulfillment of Your will and keep us from evil and pain; and if we get nothing else done this day, let us spend it loving You and others as You love us. In the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, Amen.

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DOES MY SACRIFICE LIVE?

“And Abraham built an altar . . and bound Isaac his son.” Genesis 22:9

This incident is a picture of the blunder we make in thinking that the final thing God wants of us is the sacrifice of death. What God wants is the sacrifice through death which enables us to do what Jesus did, viz., sacrifice our lives. Not – I am willing to go to death with Thee, but – I am willing to be identified with Thy death so that I may sacrifice my life to God. We seem to think that God wants us to give up things! God purified Abraham from this blunder, and the same discipline goes on in our lives. God nowhere tells us to give up things for the sake of giving them up. He tells us to give them up for the sake of the only thing worth having – viz., life with Himself. It is a question of loosening the bands that hinder the life, and immediately those bands are loosened by identification with the death of Jesus, we enter into a relationship with God whereby we can sacrifice our lives to Him.

It is of no value to God to give Him your life for death. He wants you to be a “living sacrifice,“ to let Him have all your powers that have been saved and sanctified through Jesus. This is the thing that is acceptable to God.

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