Jan 13

“For this is the will of God, even your sanctification…” 1Thessalonians 4:3

So many wonder what God’s will for their lives is, and what it is that He intends to do with them. Here we have a clear indication of God’s will and an answer to that often asked question. Starting with this clear revelation of what God wants for our lives, will mean placing ourselves in the best possible position to discover what further and more specific or personal things He may intend for us to carry out. Sanctification is an appropriate and correct place to start our journey of service and usefulness unto the Lord. To be holy as God is holy and pure, is exactly what He has called all believers to become. When we walk with Him in such manner and with such spirit that He can transmit His holiness and purity in every area of our lives, we are fulfilling His expressed desire and purpose for our lives. Ahead of developing his ability to preach, the minister ought to hone the edge of his sanctification to the Lord. Before emphasising his talent with an instrument, the musician should remember the melody sanctification must sound forth in his life. It is a case of the ‘cart and the horse’, for our lives in God to be the most fruitful and pleasing to Him, the priority in any and all our activities or tasks of service to God, must be and always remain - sanctification. In seeking any other aspect of God’s will, we ought to first fulfil what He has already shown us to be His desire. In all aspects of our daily living for God, be it our speech, behaviour, our thought life and desires, sanctification - the process of holiness and separation to the Lord, should play the foremost consideration. This is the will of God – no excuse can be made or offered to circumvent this basic and direct truth and statement of scripture. Are we fulfilling God’s revealed will for our lives?   

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