CONSECRATION AND FAITH PLEDGE
CONSECRATION PLEDGE.
Dear
Lord; I present myself unreservedly to Thee.
My
time.
My
talents.
My
tongue.
My
will.
My
property.
My
reputation.
My
entire being.
To
be, and to do, anything that Thou requires of me.
PLEDGE OF FAITH.
Now
as I have given myself away, I am no longer my own, but all the Lord’s.
I
believe Thou dost accept the offering I bring.
I
trust Thee to work in me all the good pleasure of Thy will.
“Wherefore
come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and I will
receive you.”
As
I do give myself to Thee, I believe Thou dost receive me now.
“CONSECRATION.
Consecrate yourselves
to-day to the Lord… that he may bestow upon you a blessing this day.-Ex.xxxii:29.
What an unspeakably precious
privilege is that of consecrating ourselves, our souls and bodies, unto the
Lord our God. He will accept no half-hearted surrender, for He tells us what
our sorrowful experiences have revealed to many of us, that we “cannot serve
God and Mammon.”
The first and greatest commandment is, ‘Thou
shalt love the Lord with all thy heart”
(St. Mark xii:30), and only when every though is brought into captivity, “to
the obedience of Christ,” shall we experience “the peace which passeth all
understanding.”
God’s love to us is so full, so rich, so
true, that He desires His dear children to be entirely freed from the fetters
of Satan, and then we shall be able to understand the “exceeding greatness of
His power to us-ward who believe.” –(Eph. I:19.) And in order that He may ‘work
in us both to will and to do of His
good pleasure,” we must place ourselves unreservedly in His hands, and ask Him
to fashion us according to His blessed will. Our great mistake consists in
trying to make ourselves worthy of God’s acceptance before we give ourselves to
Him. We should ever remember Christ’s blessed assurance-“The altar sanctifieth
the gift.” An since God has provided a holy Altar whereon we may lay our humble
gifts and await their sanctification, let us cast ourselves upon that blessed
Saviour in full assurance that we are accepted by the merits of His
all-atoning, cleansing blood.
Far more unworthy are our hearts to receive
Him than was the lowly Bethlehem manger, but He chose that humble
resting-place, and in His infinite love and mercy He chooses our poor hearts
for an abiding-place, making them, by His blessed presence, holy and fit
temples for our God.
