Sacrifice

To get a grip on the depravity of this carnal flesh, Christ Jesus felt it no great loss to see it put to death. In fact, a necessary sacrifice for the release of the glorious being of God trapped within. We certainly don’t fully understand, and definitely don’t want to experience the hard truth of that fact, but it doesn’t change it. I wonder….this process of living and dying, dying to live, is it possible that it is a continual sifting of spirit that gets more fine with every level? The more a person is separated from their self, the smaller the importance of their wants and physical needs, the more refined they become. To the point of a powder, and even a dust. No longer falling though the sieve, but now drifting and wafting on the breeze. No longer bound by weight or mass to gravitational pull, but now pushed around wherever the wind goes. Freely wheeling and flying though the expanse without care or concern. Exuberantly joyous and unhindered. No longer trapped, but free. So small as to be fully dependent, no longer independent. I wonder……what happens when I lose my self? Give it up, all of it, flesh and mind, ego and strength, all of it, over to God Who created me, to Christ Who redeemed me, to Spirit Who lives in me…..I wonder….I pray to find out. Create a clean heart in me O God, renew a right spirit within me. Your Spirit! Truly, be The Light that shines through me and not on me. Don’t let my days be shortened till You wring out of me every shred of unbelief. That I can walk in these days as if I am with You already….and then, the glory :)

Amen