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COMPLETE CONSECRATION!
WEDNESDAY, MAY 1
Leviticus 8
2 Corinthians 2:14-17
“…until the days of your consecration
be at an end: for seven days
shall he consecrate you.”
COMPLETE CONSECRATION!
Consecration is an absolute commitment that cannot have half measures. A believer cannot say to the LORD, “I consecrate to you my life in church, work, family, but not my ambitions and personal belongings! I have struggled too hard to make myself into a millionaire and therefore please allow me to minus this part of my life in consecration!” Such a proposal to the LORD is completely unthinkable, if not blasphemous! God is the One on the other end of the consecration.
Consecration of the priesthood had to be a one hundred percent surrender of every area of life. No area was to be excluded. The anointing oil and blood were sprinkled upon all the priests including their garments (i.e. their whole being) to sanctify them completely. In order for it to be a sweet savour to the LORD, the priesthood had to know from the onset that it was complete consecration of his being and life till he died. The wave offering was not only a thanksgiving gesture on the part of the priests, but also one of willing acceptance of God’s non-negotiable terms for His priests forever. The fact that the period of consecration lasted seven days whereby the priests were not to leave the door of the Tabernacle was one of completion or perfection. If any of the priests were to leave before the seven days were completed, he would die. This was God’s command.
As children of God today, consecration of our lives to the LORD is a lost experience. Very few believers realise that complete consecration to the LORD is for every believer. It begins with salvation and continues into sanctification of our whole being for holy service to the LORD till He calls us home to glory. Without a complete consecration of everything we will surely fall into sin. It is only a matter of time when we will be forced to choose Christ or something or someone that we have not surrendered to the LORD! Our lives belong to Him through Christ’s redemptive work at Calvary.
MEMORISATION: Leviticus 8:35
PRAYER: My life to Thee, O God, I surrender all. May Thou be pleased to receive it for Thy use and glory, for Jesus’ sake. Amen.