In Romans 12 Paul talks about offering our body as a living sacrifice. I have meditated on this verse a few times always thinking about what it mean to offer our bodies as a living sacrifice.
To me personally it means removing all things that have potential of opening doors for demonic spirits to enter.
I NEVER smoked or done drugs of any kind including weed before but I did drink. Although socially I had to let it go but honestly I didn't care for it too much anyway. One of the hardest things to give up was eating meat and any animal products.
I wasn't particularly a fan of meat to begin with like it wasn't a choice of mine to have steak 🥩 for example. But starting on this spiritual journey I realized it's important to cleanse my Holy Temple as best as possible. While I never gravitated towards steak I did at the time eat meat like burgers and hotdogs.
My husband and I made the transition to vegetarians and now vegans. We eat no meat and nothing that comes from animals. I believe that Abba Yahuah has given us everything we need to survive and animals are spiritual beings they were not meant to be killed. We are meant to live together as Adam and Eve did in the garden of Eden with all the animals.
To me the hardest part about giving our bodies as a living sacrifice is to let go completely as to what happens to our physical body. Letting go and giving it to Abba Yahuah. I still struggle with this.
However I've given up a lot of things so that my body is kept clean and Holy to the best of my ability.
Of course that isn't to say I'm perfect myself I struggle like everyone else.
In the second verse Paul says "do not be conformed to the patterns of this world and instead be transformed in the renewing of the mind".
As I read these words and meditate on them what comes to mind is that after offering your body as a living sacrifice you may have a lot of doubt, fears and concerns about your life and current situation as do I. However the ability to allow the transformation of a renewing mind has to occur to move forward without giving up.
In my own personal spiritual journey I struggle with this because truthfully being on this journey comes with a lot of struggles in the physical sense, spiritual sense and mental sense but it's part of the process.
As I go through the struggles my mind has to go through the process of being transformed and renewed so I can remain faithful and positive no matter the outcome. It takes a strong mindset to be on this spiritual journey and be homeless.
Let us not forget that Yahushua Himself as well as His disciples were homeless.
My family and I have dealt with a lot of persecution and still do. Demonic spirits do things under the radar and in the shadows but everything is spiritual there is no doubt about it.
You need mental strength to be able to deal with all the things we've gone through.
This is part of the renewal of the mind in that dispite all these things you are mentally strengthened each day. Each day has worries of it's own and while being homeless brings on a lot of stress I am forced to give it up to Father to handle for my own peace of mind.
This is how your faith is strengthened daily dispite the stress you learn to lean on Abba Yahuah through Yahushua to help you overcome.
So in saying all of this I suggest meditating on these verses and applying them in your own spiritual journey.
The link below 👇 is a video of a reading of the verses.
Much Love
Ruth4Yah
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