True Consecration

1Sa 3:18  And Samuel told him every whit, and hid nothing from him. And he said, It is the LORD: let him do what seemeth him good.

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.

Job 1:21  And said, Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return thither: the LORD gave, and the LORD hath taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD.

Luke 22:42  Saying, Father, if thou be willing, remove this cup from me: nevertheless not my will, but thine, be done.

Act 21:14  And when he would not be persuaded, we ceased, saying, The will of the Lord be done.

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~