To Be a Living Sacrifice

 To be a living sacrifice requires an awareness 

of a heart-shaped altar and

the holy ground called Today

Today's Holy Ground is the

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Rom.12:1

Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters,

in view of God’s mercy,

to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice,

holy and pleasing to God—

this is your true and proper worship.

Eph.6:10-11

Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord 

and in the power of His might.

  11Put on the whole armor of God, 

that you may be able to stand against

the [b]wiles of the devil.

This world is charged with altars; Why, beneath our very feet

Oft good intention falters where worship’s rivals compete

To be a living sacrifice where ‘golden calves’ contend

Is an enterprise of great price and recompense, dear friend

Sometimes sight serves to blind us rather than to help us see

How all that falls behind us bears accountability

To love the Lord with all our heart and soul and strength and mind

To live to do our humble part to be patient and kind

…is impossible to pretend; on altars, ethereal

With word and deed, dear friend we prove who we love most of all

God's guidance is a given for all who His grace sets free

But whether we will listen is no given guarantee 

This world, charged with virtue and vice vying for time and love

Confirms, through what we sacrifice, what nothing else can prove

Lord, pray my love amounts to more than noise of clanging bell 

Where today's altar beckons, Lord, my offering will tell 

 

© Janet Martin

The Gate Ajar