Wednesday, August 26, 2009

1 Thessalonians 5:23

May the God of peace Himself sanctify you completely. 1 Thessalonians 5:23

As I was reading from my "thought for the day" book entitled "Breaking Free day by day", by Beth Moore I came across a piece of text that gave me an epiphany. Look at what Beth says as to this verse:

What a relief to know that we'll never battle anything out of God's jurisdiction. He can just as easily defeat His opposition on Mt. Carmel as He can on Mt. Zion. It's all his turf.

The same is true in regard to our own battlegrounds. God created us to be whole creatures made of three different components: body, soul and spirit. So as long as we see God as Lord of our spirits alone, we will continue to live in areas of defeat.

God is as surely the Lord of our souls and bodies as He is of our spirits.

My thought from this was, "how do you 'sanctify' then your complete self?"... I guess one day at a time. What a way to start the morning!

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