Discipleship Response
Romans 12:1b
Therefore I urge you – in view of God’s mercy… to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God — this is your true and proper worship.
~ Apostle Paul
Pondering Point
Thursday will be a natural follow-up to Wednesday’s relationship identity drawn from the weekly theme. The identity piece from yesterday was this: We are recipients of His mercy. In view of that mercy from God, the Apostle Paul calls us to offer ourselves to be lifelong sacrifices as acts of worship. Let’s review our lives of worship for God:
Review
How would you say your life could be described as a sacrifice to God? How are you currently bringing worship to God in your daily life? What sacrifices would you point as reflective of being the living sacrifice St. Paul describes?
Repent if necessary
Repent of living without thought of bringing praise to God by your choices, or of failing to be holy and pleasing to God. You may consider repentance for failing to offer grace to others in God’s name. Review Romans 12 for more ways to assess yourself.
Return as necessary
Thank God once again for His mercies that are new every morning. Then recommit yourself in the name of Jesus to be a holy and pleasing sacrifice to God.
Prayer
Heavenly Father, I recommit myself to You as a holy and pleasing sacrifice. Let my attitude be an honorable song, my actions a pleasant melody, my treatment of others a hymn of highest praise to You. I pray this in the name of Jesus Christ, my Lord. Amen.