True Consecration by M. E. Boaz

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Feb 6, 1913

True Consecration

By M. E. Boaz

M. E. BOAZ

CONSECRATION in the service of the Lord should be the attitude of every Christian. Every one who is called by the name of Christian should try clearly to understand what is the duty as well as the privilege of every child of God.

In true consecration our every faculty will be surrendered to God's service, and our time will be spent in studying the Word, and not occupied in light and trifling reading or conversation of that character. Heavenly themes should fill our minds; we have no time for anything less in this period of earth's history.

If we have laid all on the altar, our means will be used for God's cause and for his glory, instead of being spent to gratify self in worldly pleasure. If our lives are truly consecrated to God, worldly pleasures will have lost their charm, and we will not be lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God. We will engage in trying to bring some soul to a knowledge of the Saviour's love, and will be imparting each little ray of light we receive to others. Our time is too precious to squander in folly, our means too limited to waste in pandering to selfish pleasures, while souls are perishing for the bread of life.

Then, as we pass along the pathway of life, let us bring every talent we possess and all the influence we have, and consecrate all to God, as this is only our reasonable service.

Sulphur Springs, Ark.