Our offering.

"I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service." Romans 12:1

This is our offering. Reasonable. Not asking too much. Not overkill. Present yourself to Him, holy-- this is what is acceptable in His eyes.

Living and holy. Not dead, sterile, and legalistic. But Alive- heart pumping, mind thrumming, nerves tingling...and holy.
God wouldn't ask it if we couldn't do it --through Him.

This is our material for sacrifice. God has provided the offering. Just like He always did through Scripture. He gives us the offering and just tells us to give it back to Him. AND THEN, He turns around and blesses us for it. What an awesome God we serve.

This thought came into my head tonight as I was enjoying having the arm of my man around me. The feeling that honoring God is both so hard and yet so easy. God provides us with the strength and the opportunity to please Him. He gives us the sacrifice.

1 Samuel 15:22 says that obedience is better than sacrifice. But I think that obedience is the sacrifice itself. We take our feelings, longings, battles, and prayers and pour them out like water from the well of Bethlehem. They are all an offering. God, this is for You. And this. And this. I love You more than this.

We cannot offer to God that which has cost us nothing. So praise Him for the longings and the battles because He gives us the material for sacrifice.


*"Watch and pray that you may not enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.” Mark 14:38- Pray for us if you think to, we always do appreciate it! =)*