Deeper Life #139

I will behave myself wisely in a perfect way. O when wilt thou come unto me? I will walk within my house with a perfect heart.

—Psalm 101:2

PRESENT YOUR BODIES A LIVING sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service” (Romans 12:1). Until you have done this, you may fall at the altar of God again and again, with weeping. There could be two reasons for this habitual feeling of guilt: Your spirit may indeed be wrong, or you may have guilty feelings that you ought not to have.

Feelings are a poor standard by which to measure your relationship with God. The disciple of Jesus is more concerned with doing right than with feeling right.

Show me the person whom Jesus Christ has saved from perdition and sanctified wholly, and about whom Jesus says, “Father, that is My work. I cleaned that life up; I sanctified that life entirely.” Show me the man or woman whom God—through the atonement of Jesus—has fully satisfied to the last aching abyss of the human heart, one who is truly in love with Jesus Christ. That person will be living for God, not just feeling favorably about Him.

The test of entire sanctification is not your experience, but your life.

Prayer Thought: May my life, Lord Jesus, be acceptable in Your sight.

SUGGESTED READING: Psalm 101