The Daily Guide
Give yourself to God
Do not offer the parts of your body to sin, as instruments of wickedness, but rather offer yourselves to God, as those who have been brought from death to life; and offer the parts of your body to him as instruments of righteousness.
Romans 6:13-14 - NIV
Watch out for your human inclination to dwell on the negative. In the Bible the Holy Spirit presents us with both sides of the coin - the head and the tail, the blessing and the curse, life and death. Why? So the choice is clear and the best option obvious! As you read the Bible recognise the constant encouragement to life that God gives. In all scripture God has a positive purpose.
Look at the scripture portion above. It's one of Paul's exhortations in his letter to the Romans. While reading the chapter that scripture portion comes from I suddenly started viewing it in a whole new way. For the first time, I saw the Holy Spirit's focus in it, indeed the direction of His message in it. I saw that it was towards encouraging a positive response in us. Up until that time I'd always got stuck on the opening, "Do not!" Now I got excited at recognising the focus on, "Do this!"
You can present your body to God with all its wonderful faculties and capabilities! God can use that as an instrument of righteousness in a way that can establish His kingdom on the earth. You can can put at the disposal of God your body in its completeness as an instrument of righteousness. This is a new approach to life in which the Holy Spirit can reveal the freedom and fulfilment found in service to God. Hand over to God all of your faculties and capabilities. Then you can accomplish God's good purpose with your life! What a fulfilment that will be! God's glory will be seen.
In your body glorify God!
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