The Deal Of A Lifetime

Bible reading: Philippians 3:4 – 11

Step 3: We made a decision to turn our lives and our wills over to the care of God.

“Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God – this is your spiritual act of worship.” (Romans 12:1)

Principle 3: Consciously choose to commit all of my life and will to Christ care and control.

“Happy are the meek.” (Matthew 5:8)

When we think of turning our lives over to God, it’s not unusual to try to polish up our credentials as best we can before presenting them to him. We look at all the worthwhile things we’ve done, how we’ve tried to be good, whatever we feel we have to offer. It’s as if we think that God doesn’t know us at all. We present him with a good, and try to hide the bad. In reality, God knows is completely, the good and the bad. We don’t really need to sort out the good from the bad. God doesn’t care what’s in the mix, as long as we give him the whole package.

Before Paul became a Christian he kept careful count of his “good deeds” and took pride in his ancestry. When he finally decided to turn his life over to the care of God, this is what he said, “But all these things that I once thought were very worthwhile – now I’ve thrown them all away so that I can put my trust and hope in Christ alone. Yes, everything else is worthless when compared with the priceless gain of knowing Christ Jesus as my Lord. I have put aside all else, counting it worth less than nothing, in order that I can have Christ, and become one with him” (Philippians 3:7 – 9).

When we made the decision to turn our will and our lives over to God, we need to give him our whole life with all its assets and liabilities. We can’t earn his love by the “good stuff” in our lives any more than we can discourages love by all the “bad stuff”. It’s a straight trade-in. We give him our whole life and being. He gives us complete forgiveness, love, redemption, and acceptance in the person of Jesus Christ. When we see what God is offering us in the little we have to offer him, it’s clear that were getting quite a deal!

God offers us far more than anyone could ever give in return.

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