Among Christians there is much which passes for “entire consecration,” but it is often a consecration to some self-imposed tasks, or work, instead of to God.

Some are consecrated and are living sacrifices to business, some to their families, some to the temperance work, some to building up and working for their particular denominational church or to some particular ministry, some to ministering to the poor and the sick, some to social or moral reforms. These are each good enough in their way, but none of these are the proper consecration for a follower of Jesus.

Our consecration, like that of Jesus, should be to do the will of our Father in Heaven. Jesus says he came not to do his own will, but the will of Him that sent him. (John 6:38) The fact that you have any choice or preference as to what you shall do, is evidence in itself, that your will is not dead.

Consecration to a work of our own choosing merely, will never bring us to the great reward. As the Apostle admonishes us, “I beseech you brethren, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable UNTO GOD.” Then only, if He sends you into some special work or service (ministry), will it be acceptable as unto the Lord.

If will-less, and seeking only to do his will it will bring us to His Word much and often, to learn just what that will is, and “He that seeks finds.”

We leave the subject here, merely suggesting that thus seeking after, thus consecrating, some who are now – laboring chiefly for “the meat that perishes” or Temperance and moral reforms in the world, or for the extension of sectarian church influence, would find directions something like the following:

This is the will of God even YOUR sanctification. (1 Thess 4:3.)

Do “good unto all men [in any way] as you have opportunity especially to the household of faith.” (Gal 6:10.) “Forsake not the assembling of yourselves together” (Heb 10:25,) but meet for the purpose of “BUILDING UP YOURSELVES on your most holy faith.” (Jude 20.) R317