Living A Life Of Sacrifice

Galatians 2:20 “I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.”

For a believer in Christ Jesus, living a life of sacrifice is to live your life totally for Christ. You live as commanded by God in His word and as led by the Holy Spirit. You die to your old life and on a daily basis you resist temptation and crucify (put to death) sinful desires that keep you from following Christ (Luke 9:23). God wants us to offer ourselves as living sacrifices, daily laying aside our desires to follow him; putting all our resources at His disposal and trusting Him to guide us; doing this out of gratitude that our sins have been forgiven (Romans 12:1).  Jesus Christ is our perfect example of living a life of sacrifice. While He was here on earth, He did nothing of Himself, but acted in total surrender to the instructions of God, the Father, seeking only the will of His Father who sent Him (John 5:30). Remember, as a believing Christian, you have been crucified with Christ, and the life you now live should be by faith in Christ, who loved you and gave Himself for you (Galatians 2:20). Whenever God asks us to do something it will entail a sacrifice, and when we make that sacrifice in obedience, the door of the miraculous is opened unto us!