Remember Lot’s wife. Even those not well acquainted with the Bible recognize — Remember Lot’s wife.
The account of Lot’s Wife can be found in Genesis 19. I don’t think it was a simple glance back that caught Lot’s wife in the falling sulphur. I think it was the longing in her soul to go back, to go back to the life she loved, her life in Sodom. And as she stood there, frozen, unwilling to move forward, unwilling to leave what was, death took her. She lost her life trying to save it.
Get the picture?
Until we gather here again, Holy hugs, Kathie עֶבֶד
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 positionus 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?
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
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