Consecration: literally means "setting apart". What strikes me with such force when I think of Christ's sacrifice... is the setting apart of Himself to the task He had ahead of Him. He exhibited singleness of focus... total consecration to the purpose He was born for...... to die.
He separated Himself from the Father, from all that heaven offered Him, from the love, from holiness, from all that is good.... to endure, to submit, to take on, to give up, to set apart Himself for us.
Consecration. He consecrated Himself to the purpose of His life.... for you, for me, in obedience to our Father. He endured the cross, despising the shame but for the joy set before Him .. he gladly submitted.
We are His joy. We are His, bought with the price He paid. As Resurrection Sunday approaches, let's consecrate ourselves as Jesus did. Consecration, a setting apart of our lives, and all that we are to Him... allowing Him to be who He is in us, bringing the joy and abundant life that Easter means!
Pastor Sandy
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