I did not think that I had that much but he said he wanted all of it anyway. I had been keeping most of it for myself. Some of it I thought no one else would even want! The stuff belonged to me, which made it mine. I could use it and do with it what I wanted.                                                       But wait, what if I just pretend to give it all to him. Then it would look like it all belonged to him.  When I am in public I can act like it’s all gone. Like I have nothing of my own left. To everyone else it will look just like he took it all but I will know that I still have what it mine!

That is how some of us live. We know we should be consecrated to God but we hold back so we can have control. We actually get in God’s way by using our “stuff” the way that most pleases us instead of giving way to God’s will.   Philippians 3:8 says, “What is more, I consider everything a loss compared to the surpassing greatness of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things. I consider them rubbish that I may gain Christ…”

This Sunday our foundation hymn is known as “The Great Consecration Hymn”. You know it as Take My Life and Let It Be.  We will start out by singing Everything to God.

            I’m giving everything to God, He’s given everything to me!

Then we will sing, Glory to God Forever. The chorus says, “Take my life and let it be all for you and for your glory!”

Followed by the great consecration hymn, Take My Life and Let It Be and then a song taken from Romans 12, Lord I Come. These songs should stir us to give everything we have to God.

Finally we will sing a medley of choruses that speak of His presence and His Power.

We Are Standing on Holy Ground, Surely the Presence and His Name is Wonderful will lead us to a time of prayer where we can think about how much of ourselves we have given to the Lord.

How much of your life do you want to give the Lord?  How about giving it all!

“Take my life and let it be consecrated Lord to Thee.”