Holy Sacrifice

John 7:38 Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, streams of living water will flow from within him.”

So how much is Jesus really worth? Really? Out of us is supposed to flow streams of living water. So, one of the greatest evidences of maturity along the journey of faith is that which emanates from us. Is the “stuff” of my life a sustaining stream of life? According to how God the Father sent His Son, He was most interested in the preparation of the Son to be poured out…for someone else. In this God is glorified. I wouldn’t do it that way, but that’s why my email signature doesn’t say “God” after the title bit. God’s plan is that we be sanctified, or set apart (1 Thess. 4:3). Why? So that we can continue to pour out holy sacrifice TO Him so that someone else might be blessed by an imager of Christ in this world today. When we look at our circumstances through this lens, it changes things, and properly resets our expectations. So we refuse to look, and instead insist on using the convenient lens of the culture and world around us. Always disappointing. Just as Mary poured out everything she had and was to wash the Savior’s feet, so too can we. There are tears, but there is joy in the sacrifice. God knows!