Babies, infants, children, the most beautiful of us all.
We ooh and we ahh at every new word they learn and each step they take.
And well we should!
Not only is it normal, it’s a breathtaking joy to watch them learn and grow.
Likewise, it’s normal for newborn spiritual infants — they too must learn and grow.
It’s normal, it’s a breathtaking joy to watch them learn and grow, isn’t it?
Perhaps an admonishment for the majority of us should be: Grow up!
We are urged here to offer our bodies, the vessels in which we attend this mortal journal, as living sacrifices. This tells me that JESUS has not asked me to die for Him.
But HE did die for me, HE died for you. He arose too. Don’t miss that – most important!
Again, He has not asked us to die for Him; He has asked us to LIVE for Him in these mortal bodies.
I actually don’t think HE will ask me to physically die for Him. I am confident that I will physically die and that when it happens, He will be with me, by His Spirit. I am not ruling out, you understand, that I might live in this mortal body until He returns.
Now there are forces of evil in this hostile world who just might position us to die for JESUS.
Even so, I’m not pondering on that, but I am seeking to grow so faithfully intimate with YESHUA now that there wouldn’t be a moment’s hesitation to die for His Name.
Before I close, I need to go back to the verse. What does it ask of us? Living Sacrifices.
We are urged to be Living Sacrifices for JESUS.
What does that look like?
This comes from a secular source, but I think it’s a good definition of the word ‘sacrifice.’
The act of giving up something highly valued for the sake of something else considered to have a greater value or claim.
Wow! Is He of greater value to us, and do we ascribe to Him a greater claim on us than this world? I figure the answer is an easy yes until it gets down to the nitty-gritty of my comfort in daily living; you, too?
Until we gather here again, Holy hugs, Kathie עֶבֶד
But He replied, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of GOD and obey it”. Luke 11:28
The Words of JESUS. They must be true. They must be vital.
What now?
What do we do with this simple sentence spoken by the GOD of the Universe?
It’s Wednesday evening as I prepare this for posting on September 11, 2025.
I have been specifically praying on and off since early afternoon. Perhaps you are mindful of the event that gave rise to the need for prayer. Maybe you are praying too. I hope so.
