Do
I want God’s blessings or do I want Him? I make the conscious
decision here and now that I want Him! More than anything, I want my
life to be governed by Him, totally. Am I willing to pay the price?
What price? You mean there is a price, an investment on my part?
To
have God govern our lives totally, we must abandon any and everything that resembles the old life of flesh. That means that my will
is submitted in every sense to His will. That means He is living His
life through me, not as a puppet but as a dedicated servant.
You
mean I am to be a slave to God and that is the only way I am going to
have Him? 1 Cor. 9:19, “For though I be free from all men, yet have
I made myself servant unto all, that I might gain the more.” The
word translated here “servant” in the Greek text means “to make
a slave of, reduce to bondage.” Paul was saying that he had become
a slave to Christ. He simply meant that his life was consumed with
obeying Jesus’ leading.
When
we were in sin, we were servants to sin. We were made slaves under
the bondage of sin. Sin controlled all thoughts and actions. We have
put away sin and no longer serve sin. Galatians 2:20, “I am
crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ
liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by
the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.”
Therefore, we are no more slaves to sin but servants of the Lord
Jesus Christ. Seeking God’s Face!
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