One Sacrifice

I was listening to a worship song last Sunday and there was a line in it that said,
"I have but one sacrifice..." and the reality of that statement hit me like a ton of
bricks. I think I have gotten in the habit of thinking that I have many sacrifices
I can give God. I can sacrifice my money to God for his use, I can sacrifice my time,
my stuff, my possessions, etc. The reality is no! All I have to sacrifice is me. If I have
given him myself then all I have is his. If i have given him myself then my money, my time,
my stuff, my possessions, my work, my well being are all his! If I am his then I do not have
the choice to give or not to give of my stuff because they are already his and I am simply
the caretaker. Paul's words that we are "slaves to Christ" echo in my head as I write this. God let me not think that I can offer myself as a living sacrifice and yet make the choice to give or withhold what I have from you. If you do my possess what I think I possess then I am not yours for me is follow you is to "deny myself, take up my cross, and follow after you." It is not possible for me to give to God what is already God's. It makes us feel good to choose whether or not to give something "we possess" to God. If we possess something then we are not God's. If God possesses us then we possess nothing because everything that we hold is God's and therefore subject to his bidding and his desires.

Romans 12:1 "I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship."

I'm back

So, I thought I wouldn't use this blog anymore since we had created a new family blog at www.williamsinthewilderness.com (check it out if you haven't yet). After having that blog going for a couple of months now I'm thinking that I need to have my own place back where I can just air my own thoughts, things that don't necesarily have anything to do with going to Uganda, just thoughts. So, I'm coming back to this site to have a personal online journal. Feel free to comment on anything, argue if it's controversial, I don't really care. If you are reading this and have a blog please let me know so I can join in on your community.