Have you ever had a pet? Most of us have, at one time, had a pet, or at least caught some helpless critter and played with it for a while. And as we played with our pets and other critters, most of us remember a time when we either wanted them to stay put somewhere or do a specific task, like race another pet or critter. I remember one such instance when my siblings and I caught some young frogs we found near a pond. We brought a few of them home with us and tried to make them race. Ha ha! The frogs were not very interested in racing one another. They were interested in - I don't know - anything else.
As a Christian, we are to present our bodies as a living sacrifice to God. - Romans 12:1 But as living sacrifices, we often stay on the altar for a while (depending on how short or long our attention span is), and then, just like the critters we place somewhere to do a specific task like stay, we inevitably wander off. If we want our critters to stay, race, or whatever, we have to keep placing them in the correct position to do so. And when we want to present ourselves to God, we first must stop wandering, and then we must allow Him to put us back into the correct position to do what He has planned for us.
Now, if we have truly been born again, we can relax a little bit. God will only let us wander off so far and for so long before He will pick us up and put us back where we need to be. I know that may sound a bit crazy for God to pick you up and place you somewhere else, but it happens all the time - and many people don't even realize it until it has happened.
That is why we must make the commitment to follow Jesus a daily commitment. - Luke 9:23 Even a continual commitment, because no matter how we start the day, we tend to wander throughout the day.
If you are wandering now, turn back to Jesus now. He loves you and He is waiting for you with open arms.
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