Read Romans 12:1 from your Bible
Your transformation is sequel to your dedication. He said when you give yourself over to Him as “a living sacrifice”, you will be transformed.
Every dedicated seed ends up transformed into fruits. If you look at the yam seedling for instance, it looks very pitiable; and if while it’s growing you try to check what is happening to it, it looks like some rotten faeces. But inside that rottenness is hid the life, beauty and colour of the yam tuber.
After a while, the old yam dies and the new whole tuber begins to develop and you end up with something about two feet long, heavy and breaking the ground around it! But it first had to die! That is how beautiful dedication can be. Dedication is the mother of distinction! “My son, give Me your heart.”
I am not serving Him for things, no. I have chosen to offer myself to Him.
Somebody says God has called him to preach, and he doesn’t pay his tithe. He is a liar! Someone who can’t pay tithe can’t give his life. Nobody called him, he’s simply looking for a means of livelihood.
There is no truly dedicated person that does not find joy in giving material and monetary offerings. If he has given his life, his material possessions have no more value in his sight.
Friend, you must get to a point of desperate surrenderedness before your true colours can come out. I’m talking about total yieldedness to God. Then everything begins to respond to you.
Many have consecrated themselves, so as to secure a place in heaven; but your place on earth is impossible without dedication, as God will be careful to bless you if your dedication is out of place; He can’t tell where you will be off to next, you may go off target.
Consecration guarantees you a place in heaven, but dedication is the mystery behind your distinction on the earth. No truly dedicated Christian loses colour.
You can’t be sold out for God and not be marketable on the earth! Your colour will be so attractive that everybody will be looking for you!
You transformation in life is tied to your reasonable service. When your life becomes a living sacrifice, your transformation in life is secured.
Dedication makes your life fertile and fruitful. It makes you a reasonable worshipper, and your transformation is sure.
Jesus said, “No one taketh it from Me (talking about His life). I lay it down on My own. I have power to lay it down and have power to take it up again.” in John 10:18 That’s dedication!
Say with me, “Lord help me to stay dedicated and stay planted in Your house. My life will no more lose colour. I know where to stand now for my colours in the covenant to come forth. I will stay consecrated. I will remain planted in the house of God, so I can keep bringing forth fruits the remaining days of my life.”
May God give you an encounter with this kind of dedication. May you get to that point where your life becomes truly a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.
Plenty answers to dedication! Dedication is simply kingdom commitment, kingdom connection. Until you commit yourself to the kingdom ground, you cannot become fruitful.
shalom!
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