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Are You Prepared To Be Completely Devoted and Sacrificed As An Offering? (2)

2nd Timothy 4:6

Are you prepared to be completely expended as a sacrificial offering? It is a deliberate choice based on your volition, not influenced by your emotions. Declare your willingness to be consecrated as an offering to God. Embrace the repercussions that arise, without expressing discontent, regardless of the circumstances that God may bestow upon you. God subjects you to a personal situation, in which no other individual can offer assistance. Externally, your life may seem unchanged, yet the transformation is occurring within your volition. After undergoing a personal crisis, you will no longer be concerned about the financial implications when it starts to impact you outside. Failure to address God at the level of your volition initially will only elicit self-pity as a consequence.

Fasten the offering securely to the protruding parts of the altar using ropes. To undergo the process symbolized by the altar, you must be prepared to endure the fire and willingly embrace the burning, purification, and separation it signifies. This process serves the only aim of eliminating any desires or affections that are not rooted in or focused on God. However, it is not you who eliminates it, but rather God.

Ensure that you firmly attach the offering to the protruding parts of the altar and make a conscious effort to avoid indulging in feelings of self-pity once the combustion process commences. Once you have endured the ordeal of the fire, no external force will have the power to disturb or sadden you. Upon encountering another crisis, you will come to the realization that you are no longer affected by things in the same manner as before. What future challenges or obstacles do you anticipate encountering in your life?

Express your willingness to be completely devoted to God, and He will demonstrate that He possesses all the qualities and fulfills all the expectations you have ever had of Him.