It's Lent! Forty days before Easter. It is time to give up something. Let me see. I am a little overweight--chocolate , cheese or ice cream for a start? How about TV? Oh no, forget that! March Madness is starting--college basketball games. Wait a minute.
What am I thinking. Even if I give up sweets or TV, I know myself only too well. Just as soon as Lent is over, I will be right back into the sugar bowl and watching TV. I don't think I really understand Lent.
From a religious point of view, I think it is a time when man gives up something to honor the Lord's great sacrifice.
The more I thought about what I wanted to give up, I was more aware of my old man of sin, the flesh. It doesn't like to give up anything.
But isn't that the point. It is a sacrifice for only forty days. I could at least do that. It sounded good.
I began to ask the Lord what He might like me to give up for Lent. To my surprise, Roman 12:1 and 2 came to mind."I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship."
He, then, spoke to my heart, "My daughter, the only thing I desire is for you to give me your whole heart. The new heart I transplanted in you when I gave you a new birth."
Then an acrostic for Lent came to mind.
L-iving
E-ternally
N-ow
T-oday
As a believer, He has put eternity in my heart. Every day I desire to bless my Lord. My new heart is more important to Him than anything I could tangibly offer Him. He just loves me. He just loves you, my brothers and sisters because you belong to Him.
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