GIVE HIM YOUR ALL

Rom. 12:1-2 And so, dear brothers and sisters, I plead with you to give your bodies to God. Let them be a living and holy sacrifice---the kind he will accept. When you think of what he has done for you, is this too much to ask? Don't copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will know what God wants you to do, and you will know how good and pleasing and perfect his will really is.  NLT

       God wants all of us. He wants not only our hearts, but our minds and bodies as well. He wants to have control of all of our living. We can't compartmentalize God and give Him access to only part of us. How we apply this truth varies with each of us. The Spirit of God convicts us in different ways. The important thing is that we not withhold from God any part of who we are. His love for us is unconditional and we should not put conditions on our love for Him.

God wants all of us so that we will not conform ourselves to the ways of the world. The things the world thinks are important are not pleasing or acceptable to God. We are not to value the things the world values. Rather, we must learn to value the things of God. Until we do, we will never know what it is God wants us to do or the peace that comes from knowing His will for us.

       There is no greater joy than to know what God wants for us in life. Don't miss out on that joy by withholding from Him that which is rightfully His as the Lord of life.