[The Glory Unveiled]
Do not offer any part of yourself to sin as an instrument of wickedness, but rather offer yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life; and offer every part of yourself to him as an instrument of righteousness. ( Romans 6:13 )
The Lord Jesus did not only die for some part of us. We died by faith with Him and we were brought back to life through His resurrection. And because Jesus died for us, we owe our lives to Him; to live for Him. In our expression of that reality, that we owe every part of us to Him, we must offer ourselves as instruments of righteousness; conduits through which the righteousness of God will be seen and known. But then there is another agent who tries not to master the whole body of man but to specialize. What he does often, is to build his headquarters in a particular part of the body. And from that strategic place, he executes his evil plans and wickedness. This agent is the devil, father of lies. He extends his influence to territories through people, via the medium of sin. The devil may lure you to compromise on telling the truth, or being faithful or anything else. But what that actually means, is that, the part of us responsible for handling the responsibilities of that area is compromised and the devil has a headquarters there. A little yeast, leavens the whole dough (1Corinthians 5:6). That little compromise will become the stain that causes blemish in your garment. The surest way to deal with the devil’s agenda to have you offer any part of your body to him is to yield every part of you to God. And then God will work through you to announce His life and virtues.
Prayer_Bead: Gracious God, Merciful Father, thank you for the blessing of your Spirit in me, working through my choices and decisions as I yield myself to you wholly. I refuse to compromise the virtues of God.
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