"Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God's mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God - this is your spiritual act of worship."
Romans 12:1
I've been thinking a lot lately about my body being a living sacrifice. What makes a body a holy and pleasing sacrifice? What does that even mean? Is it using my gifts to bring glory to God? Is it honoring God in the things I choose to be apart of?
What if this scripture is really, literally, talking about our physical bodies. If it is, what kind of sacrifice are we giving...is it holy and pleasing, or feeble and lazy?
In Genesis, there is a story about two brothers, Cain and Abel. Cain is a farmer and Abel is a shepherd. Cain brings some of his fruit as his sacrifice to the Lord, and Abel brings portions of the firstborn of his flock. The Lord is pleased with Abel's sacrifice but not satisfied with Cain's.
Both brother's brought a sacrifice, but only one was accepted. Abel gave from the best of what he had and his sacrifice was holy and pleasing. Cain gave...but he didn't give his best.
If we all decided today to offer our bodies as a living sacrifice, what would God's response be? Would He be pleased with our offering? Would He find it lacking?
I don't know about you, but my sacrifice could use some work.
"but I discipline my body and make it my slave, so that, after I have preached to others, I myself may not be disqualified."
1 Corinthians 9:27
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