Bible passage: Romans 12:1-15 KJV
This chapter talks about giving everything about us as a presentable sacrifice to the Lord. This includes our bodies (verse 1), our mind (verse 2), and our service (verse 8 ) God expects you to destroy everything that will make your sacrifice unpresentable to Him (verse 1), one of the things that will do this is if you conform to world values and dictates, He expects you to renew your mind until you think like Him all the time (verse 2). Another trait that makes one’s sacrifice unpresentable to God is lack of honour and integrity (verse 10). God is a God of integrity, and so He expects all His children think and act with integrity too. You must understand that you are the arms and feet of Christ here on earth, so you must conduct yourself in accordance with what pleases Him. An important part of doing this is to discern His desires and perfect will for a particular person, people, environment, assignment e.t.c (verse 2), and carry them out excellently.
God directed interactions is another important attribute in giving a presentable sacrifice (verse 15). You have to exhibit compassion for your brethren and men in general in accordance with your Father’s directions. Jesus wept when Lazarus died (John 11:33-35), yet He did not go to see John the Baptist in prison (Matthew 4:12-14), before he was killed. He took these actions based on His understanding of His Father’s desires: Lazarus was not meant to have died when he did, but it was time for John the Baptist to go home, as he had finished his assignment, so there was no point going to see him in prison. For your interactions to be acceptable, they must not be done in line with men’s expectations, they must rather be done in line with God’s expectations.
Imbibing the characters of heaven such as joy, hope, and patience (verse 12), help to make your sacrifice presentable to God. These characters must genuinely be your nature no matter what you are going through. You have to continually let the joy of the Lord be your strength (Nehemiah 8:10), hope against hope like Abraham and other heroes of faith (Romans 4:18-22), and be patient in tribulation, having the understanding that you are being perfected not only for your work on this earth, but also for your heavenly home (James 1:4). Additionally, you must be fervent in prayers (verse 12), continually conversing with your Father on anything you are passing through, just like Jesus did when He was on earth (Luke 5:16).
As the body of Christ, a big part of giving a presentable sacrifice to our Father, is to love one another with brotherly love (verse 10) . This must be done with genuineness of heart as members one of another (verse 5). The pain of one must be the pain of all. The church must be presentable to Christ, because it is His bride. The type of conduct that Ananias and Sapphira displayed must be far from us (Acts 5:1-2), putting each other down must be completely eradicated, and divisions within the congregation must be completely avoided (1 Corinthians 1:12-13). Gifts are given to the church, according to the grace of our Father (verse 6), to help us give a presentable sacrifice to Him. For example the revelational gifts such as prophecy, words of knowledge and wisdom, helps us to know the perfect will of our Father: an essential criteria in being able to give a presentable sacrifice to Him. Diligence in using these gifts, and in doing whatever needs to be done, is critical to acceptability by Him (verse 8 ) Demanding for or offering money for divine gifts is not acceptable (Acts 8:18-22). Operating in the gifts with arrogance and superiority complex is not acceptable either. Giving God a presentable sacrifice in all areas of our lives is a crucial part of our Christian journey. It can not be ignored, in order for us not work in vain. Finally, it is worth pointing out that a binding factor in all that has been discussed above is love. When you love like Christ does, you will act like you should, and your sacrifice will be presentable to Him. So always remember to love, because it destroys negativities that could hinder your sacrifice.

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