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Chronicles 29:5 …Who then will offer willingly, consecrating himself today to
the Lord?
Sometimes
we know what a word might mean in a general sense, like how to use it in a
sentence without really knowing its definition. That was the case with me and
consecration. I know its general meaning but really did not know its
definition. So, I looked it up. Consecrate means “to devote or dedicate to some
purpose”; that’s an interesting way to look at willing. It really defines what
our attitude of being willing means. Are we “willing” to devote or dedicate”
ourselves to God and His work, whatever that might be? I think that our
attitude probable reflects a more situation by situation willingness to serve. We
are willing, but only if we enjoy, approve or like the situation. However, our
attitude of willingness gets a little less when we have issues with what we are
called to do; if it gets a little harder to be truly willing and we start
faking it. I’m afraid I don’t see that attitude reflected in this verse (or in
any of them so far, honestly); I see only an attitude of being devoted to God
no matter the circumstance.
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