Whenever I read this verse, I think of the pastor who said that the trouble with living sacrifices is that they keep crawling off the altar.
These verses are our calling -- not be sacrifices not by our own strength, but by the mercies of God. This is the only way we are ever holy and acceptable to God. It is a gift, freely given, and it will change us. The chance is often slow, and it takes a lifetime -- and yet is is as certain as the spring rains. As we are transformed, we become better attuned to listen to the world and understand what is of God and what is not.
But it all starts with a sacrifice -- the one that Christ made for you, and the one we make every morning. Are we willing to die to the self, that Christ may live in us?
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