Reading for today: Joshua 3:5, Hebrews 6:1-8

“Consecrate yourselves, for tomorrow the Lord will do amazing things among you.”  Joshua 3:5

Consecrate or “sanctify” in Hebrew means to make yourself morally or ceremonially clean.  The word “hallow” can even be used here.  This makes me think of what James wrote in James 4.  God loves us to “humble” ourselves to Him; to submit ourselves completely to Him.  He speaks of “coming near” and “resisting” the devil.  He talks about “weeping,” “wailing,” and “grieving.”  This is a major hallowing out, isn’t it? When I come to the end of myself and realize that I really need the Lord to do some serious stuff in my life, I will take the time and the effort to consecrate myself.

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