Consecrate Yourselves!

Joshua told the people, "Consecrate yourselves, for tomorrow the LORD will do amazing things among you."

To me this is an amazing verse, God has been teaching me, and many others about consecration. Consecration is honestly more than "not being like the world' by not conforming to it and not sinning. Consecration, I think is when you COMPLETELY GIVE yourself TO THE LORD. It is a costly thing for you to do, it takes you becoming like Daniel and learning when to say "NO" to other things. It is a humbling process, it is a process that completely cleans your heart. When you do consecrate yourself you get SO MUCH of the LORD! He draws near to us when we draw near to HIM. Consecrating yourselves takes you having to say no sometimes to movies, hanging out with friends(even if they love GOD), birthday parties, and sometimes we even turn church into a socializing event, so if you can you may have to say no to that.

As I have been thinking about consecration, I have been thinking about Joshua, and how before he led the Israelites, he had to learn and consecrate himself wholly to the LORD so that when his time came to lead, he was ready.

And this all comes back to being ready, and being prepared. Jesus, our Bridegroom King is coming back for His bride. I don't want Jesus to come and Him not recognize me.(Matthew 7:15-23)

Let's get to know GOD.