Sometimes we feel that the Lord when he asks us to be consecrated, he asks us to become robots. To leave all we love, and are, and have, to become something we aren't. This theory is False. All he asks of us, is to leave the things we think give us our individuality, to find the things that originally made us who we are. When he asked his disciples to drop their nets, Mathew 4:19-20, they did so. Christ knew they where not suppose to be fishers, but Disciples, the men they originally were. They then began their journey developing their skills of Discipleship which God blessed them with from the beginning.
Our journey, or mission in life and in the mission field, isn't so much about becoming the consecrated missionary or church member, as it is more about un-becoming everything that isn't consecration. I.e. pride, greed, gluttony etc. This is To help us rediscover the person we were from the beginning.
At one point we were all consecrated, or dedicated to God. It is evident with each of us having received a body. The question now is, what are you willing to un-become to find that person. The person who once before, willing followed God. Knowing this gives new meaning and understanding to Mark 8:35, "but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel’s, the same shall save it." He who un-becomes the intentions of the world, finds who he originally was, and lives how God originally intended, allowing life to be a heaven on earth.
If you think it is too hard to change the mortal nature you have adopted, look to the parable of the fruit trees, Mathew 7:16-17. Everyone can change their nature. No matter what has already been done, or brought forth. The scripture teaches us that what we bring forth is how those around us may know who we are. Regardless of what has been done or brought forth, we can always choose to start bringing forth good fruit.
Who we are is not what we did. Who we are is what we do and plan on doing. Ponder on your future. That is where you can find motivation to change your nature. Enlarge your vision. Sacrifice now, to reap later.
God spiritually created, or planned, everything before it was a physical creation. Our planning is spiritually, emotionally, and mentally creating our lives. Our actions are a physical creation of what has been spiritually, emotionally, and mentally designed or planned in our souls.
It does not matter what our outward appearance may look like. Instead what we do is created long before we do it. It is created in our hearts and in our mind. Our actions, are the product of our souls planning. Thus by our fruits shall we be known.
The higher law that Christ taught explains this further in Mathew 5:28, "whosoever looketh upon a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her in his heart." King Benjamin taught us to watch your thoughts, words, and deeds. He understood that our deeds, or actions, are products of our words, which are products of our thoughts. Our thoughts being our souls planning and designing stage. Christ knew the sin of adultery or any other act of disobedience is not one day randomly done, but instead meticulously planned and designed first in our soul.
Look into your self, are you here on earth showing God your consecration? Or are you too busy clinging to your Individuality, that you overlook the person your are suppose to be. Never putting Christ's promise to the test, of losing yourself for a higher cause to find yourself. When you think of consecration in this way, it is not Losing yourself, but rediscovering who you were.
It all starts with your thoughts. So think God!
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