CONSECRATED TO CHIRST
Job 13:15 Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will maintain mine own ways before him.
Isaiah 26:3 Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee.
Psalm 78:35 And they remembered that God was their rock, and the high God their redeemer.
Definition: (CONSECRATION) – The act or ceremony of separating from a common to a sacred use, or of devoting and dedicating a person or thing to the service and worship of God, by certain rites or solemnities. Consecration does not make a person or thing really holy, but declares it to be sacred, that is, devoted to God or to divine service;
Have you ever met someone, maybe an old saint of God, that you feel unworthy to be in the presence of, let alone face-to-face? You know that it’s an honor just to listen to them talk about their experience walking with God. As you listen to them talk; as wisdom just falls from their lips, you almost feel as though you are in God’s presence. Through the Holy Spirit, you start to sense that this is a place where God Himself has taken lodging. In a simple conversation with a man or woman that has lived their life surrendered and consecrated to the cause of Christ, they need not tell you or try to convince you that they love the Lord, you can SEE IT all over their face! You can feel it with every word they speak. Hallelujah!
You see, the difference between the average Christian and the one I just described above is very drastic. A Christian that has (consecrated) their life to the cause of Jesus Christ, wakes up and starts their day yielding themselves to the perfect will of God. God has been their Rock and Redeemer through every storm. They know who their God is, and because they know HIM, they trust HIM no matter the pain and no matter the suffering. In difficulties, in pain and sorrow, there is but one thing we need to do until it passes; remember who God is, and who HE is to us. “Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee.” (Isaiah 26:3) This is where endurance is discovered; where strength is given. This is the place where cost doesn’t matter and pain and sorrow vanish into the darkness surrounding us. This is the inner chamber that the child of God can run to the Rock that is higher than us! It is there IN Jesus, our Rock and our Redeemer, that HE will hide us away in the cleft of who HE is. In this cleft there is peace in the midst of every storm; strength for today and hope for tomorrow. In this place, strife ceases, burdens are lifted and the soul is at rest. Every care fades away in the light of who Jesus is. HE is your Rock, your trusted Redeemer and you are at home in HIS presence.
Whether we are tucked away in a small village or in a deep jungle somewhere in the world; whether struggling in poverty, or living in a big city in the lap of luxury, we will all know pain. We will all experience times of grief and walk in the valley of despair. Many of us will pay a price for following God. The Lord often arranges our life with circumstances and events in such a way that we will trust HIM with every step we take in this journey. When these times come, my Christian friend, we can do but one thing… remember who God is! And with the courage of Job; with hands raised upward, proclaim with the voice of a trumpet: “Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him:” (Isaiah 26:3) Dear friend, it is my hope that today and for the rest of your days, you resolve to set yourself apart for God’s sacred use, devoted to HIS divine service, and Consecrated To Christ!
Bro. Lawrence Longworth Isaiah 61:1 “the opening of the prison to them that are bound;”
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