In His Service

“I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God,

that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy,

acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service.”

     Romans 12:1 (NKJV)

This is the verse of Scripture I’m memorizing this week and a few things spoke to my heart as I’ve pondered it. 

As believers, we are made to serve God and in so doing, bring Him honor and glory.  Jesus was the perfect Lamb of God and His sacrifice was sufficient to pay our sin debt once for all.  There is nothing we can do to earn salvation, but once saved, we are to serve Him as living sacrifices.

We usually think of service in terms of action—what we can do to serve. Certainly that is an important aspect of service and the verse above mentions using our bodies.  But we also need to serve God by the right attitude of our hearts.  That comes when we acknowledge Jesus as Lord of our lives, submit to His authority and seek to do His will.  From that flows a humble, loving and compassionate heart to serve others.

This verse seems to exhort us to a lifelong commitment and dedication to our Lord, one that is renewed daily. We can't just rest on our past service or on plans to serve in the future.  We should focus on what we can do today to serve God with our hearts and bodies. Out of gratitude and love for our gracious Savior, let us be sacrificial in devoting ourselves to His service every day.