March 6, 2006

[Rev. Doc]

Wholly Consecrated

"To the church of God in Corinth, to those sanctified in Christ Jesus and called to be holy, together with all those everywhere who call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ-their Lord and ours."
I Corinthians 1:2

It was in 1873, in Dublin that D.L. Moody heard British evangelist Henry Varley utter those life changing words: "The world has yet to see what God can do with and for and through and in a man who is fully and wholly consecrated to Him." It was after an all-night prayer meeting in Dublin, at the home of Henry Bewley. Varley did not even remember making the statement when Moody reminded him of it a year later. "As I crossed the wide Atlantic," Moody said, "the boards of the deck...were engraved with them, and when I reached Chicago, the very paving stones seemed marked with them."

The result: Moody decided he was involved in too many ministries to be effective and therefore began to concentrate on evangelism.

Prayer: Ask God to help you be reserved for His service.

"Jesus Christ is not valued at all until He is valued above all."
~Augustine.

[Zilch]

Funny how you should post that verse, seeing as my hometown's a Corinth. This is something I strive to keep a hold on, because giving yourself wholly to God isn't easy. And it's as scary as heck...