In the world, we hear, "What do you want to be when you grow up?" In the kingdom, you are asked: "Where do you want to serve?" To maximise our God-given potentials to the fullest capacity in our lives, our homes, in the kingdom, in our churches, in service to God, then, we ought to live a consecrated life...
A consecrated life is a step higher than the general level of salvation.
God excepts everyone of us to live a consecrated life, however, most of we christians, prefer to live below that expectation because of several limiting factors(some of which are myths,i.e, not true) that we have built up....the popular ones: I don't want to be called "Spiri Coco", I don't want people to say "Your own is too much, when you are not the pastor of your church/parish", "I would be missing out on life(imagine, if God says, I should stop going to certain places, abeg, this life is once and short, Mo fe jaiye"), then, there are other unpopular ones like "What if God now calls me into Full time ministry, ah, someone's knowing at the door: Poverty, Poverty is at the door", "What will my family members say?", "When God did not call me, why should I call myself", "Those little tips I get at work nko", the list goes on and on....
Allow me to extinguish your fears and debunk certain myths(i.e false beliefs) that have been circulated about "Consecration"
Let's take a look at this: "And so, dear brothers and sisters, I plead with you to give your bodies to God because of all he has done for you. Let them be a living and holy sacrifice—the kind he will find acceptable. This is truly the way to worship him.
Don’t copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will learn to know God’s will for you, which is good and pleasing and perfect." Rom. 12 vs 1-2
Q: What is Consecration? This is consciously & deliberately giving God your body: Physical & Spiritual "Physical includes the following: Your Outward appearance Your Habits Your Lifestyle Your Manners, the way you talk Your Health Your Finances Your Job Your Relationships Your Material possessions....etc.
Spiritual: Your Quiet time Your Prayer life Your Giving(Tithes, Offerings, giving to the needy)....etc."
because of all He has done for you (Salvation, the gift of life, the gift of time, the gift of Sleep, the gift of protection, the gift of provision, etc...), daily(not only on Sundays or Mid-week services in Church), from the moment you wake up till you close your eyes for the day, in such a way that He(God) would find your life pleasing, recommendable and acceptable...
Then, when you do all these, God, in turn would cause a transformation of your mind which would take effect on everything else (for the mind is the power horse of your soul).
Then, you would learn to know & walk in God's will per time and guess what? God's will for you is always good, pleasing and PERFECT, so, you would basically be on top of the world.
Isn't that awesome?
I would love to show you people who made this decision: - Daniel (Dan. 1:8) - Paul (Gal. 2:20) - Jesus (John 14:10, John 8:28b) - Joseph (Gen 39:9)The list is countless, even down to ourration.
Consecration is not a burden as some see it to be, but daily putting aside your "self" and making God first and the Center of your existence.
You can do that, Can't you?
