Consecration Is Devotion To The Will Of GOD.

True consecration
(J.R. Miller, "The Shining Light" 1911)

"It is the LORD'S will. Let HIM 
do what HE thinks best." 
1 Samuel 3:18

The heart of consecration is not devotion 

to this or that kind of service for CHRIST--

but devotion to the Divine will, whatever 

GOD may ordain. It may not 

be any form of activity--

sometimes it is quiet waiting. 

Consecration is not bringing a great

many souls to CHRIST, attending

a great many religious meetings,

or teaching or preaching.

Some weary one, shut away in the darkness,

in the chamber of pain, may be illustrating

true consecration far more beautifully 

than those whose hands are fullest 

of Christian activities in the bustling world.

Consecration is devotion to the will of GOD. 

It is readiness to do, not what we want 

to do in HIS service--

but what HE gives us to do.

"Naked I came from my mother's womb, 
and naked shall I return there. The LORD 
gave, and the LORD has taken away! 
Blessed be the name of the LORD!"  
Job 1:21

"FATHER, if YOU are willing, please 
take this cup of suffering away from ME. 
Nevertheless, I want YOUR will to be 
done, not MINE!"  Luke 22:42

"Let the LORD'S will be done!" 
Acts 21:14

YOUR way, not mine, O LORD,

However dark it be,

Lead me by YOUR own hand,

Choose out the path for me.

I dare not choose my lot,

I would not, if I might;

Choose for me, my GOD;

So shall I walk aright! 

Horatius Bonar   

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GraceGems has published John MacDuff's comforting short article,
"The Final Gathering of the Flock".