Joshua 3:5 [NIV] “Consecrate yourselves, for tomorrow the Lord will do amazing things among you.”

DAILY READING; Luke 14:1-24; Genesis 25; Psalm 18

Frances Ridley Havergal is the author of the beloved hymn “Take My Life and Let it Be”.
She was born to a pastor in England in 1836 and grew up to become a brilliant singer and piano-player. Though she had the opportunity of pursuing a glittering career in the world of entertainment, she considered all her talents to be loans from the Lord, to be used only in His service.
She would only sing Christian songs and mostly for the purpose of winning souls.
Frances Havergal’s beautiful consecration hymn “Take My Life and Let it Be”, was written out of her desire to see others revived and come to the Lord.

On February 1, 1874, she went to stay for a few days in a home where there were ten other people. While some of the people were unbelievers, she found that even the Christians among them were spiritually dry and unhappy.
Frances then decided to pray and intercede for every one of them to come to know Christ as joyfully as she did. Her prayer was granted, and revival swept through that house. The unbelievers came to Christ and the dry Christians became filled with the joy of the Lord.
Frances was so overjoyed that on the last night of her stay, she was too happy to sleep. And so she spent the night writing the hymn of consecration ‘Take My Life and let it be!”
This hymn eventually became very popular and through the years has drawn many men and women to consecrate their lives to Christ. Indeed Frances Havergal’s singular devotion to God, made her life to be very fruitful and a blessing to many generations.

If we want to be greatly used of God and see His wonders, then we must become consecrated to Him.

For 40 years the Israelites wandered in the wilderness. After Moses died, God called Joshua to lead the people into the promised land. However, before they could enter the new land, God asked them to consecrate themselves.
Joshua 3:5 [NIV] says “Consecrate yourselves, for tomorrow the Lord will do amazing things among you.”

After the people consecrated themselves they indeed saw the wonders of God as He ushered them powerfully into the new land and established them in dominion over other nations.
Truly if we want to see God move us to higher levels and see His promises and wonders manifest, then we must first become consecrated to Him.
Consecration means to be set aside for the exclusive use of God. It means giving all our time, energy, resources, life and everything to God. Consecration is truly loving God with all our heart and total obeying His Word and depending on the Holy Spirit. It means living in purity and holiness and saying to God at every turn, ‘Not my will but Yours be done’
When we so dedicate ourselves to God, He will put His mark of approval upon us, and work signs and wonders through us.

Acts 2:22 says that Jesus was approved by God through the miracles, wonders, and signs God did through Him.

God’s signature of approval on those who have been set apart to serve Him are the signs and wonders that follow them.
In Numbers 17, when controversy broke out in Israel over whom God had chosen, God told Moses to pick a man from each of the twelve tribes and place their rods in the ark of the covenant overnight. The next day, among the other rods, Aaron’s rod ‘budded’, blossomed, and bore ripe almonds. This was the sign that God had chosen him as priest.

Indeed when we have been set apart and consecrated unto God, signs will follow us. Our rods will ‘bud’ indicating fruitfulness, growth and progress. Our lives will positively affect men and generations will be blessed through us.
Let us therefore today, make the choice to become fully consecrated to God, by becoming more committed to a life of fervent prayers, study of the Word, and fellowship with the Spirit. Certainly, as we do so, our lives will begin to manifest God’s glory, His miracles and wonders.

PRAYER: Lord, Please help me to live a life fully consecrated to You. Please grant me the grace to continue to persevere in the place of prayers, study of the Word and fellowship with the Spirit until my life begins to indeed reflect Your glory in Jesus Name.

QUOTE:
You will never need more than God to experience the impossible in life. WORDBITE 222.