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Romans 6:13
Do not offer the parts of your body to sin, as
instruments of wickedness, but rather offer
yourselves to God, as those who have been
brought from death to life; and offer the parts
of your body to him as instruments of
righteousness.
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February 8
Instruments of Righteousness
Predominantly God is the source of righteousness
in our lives. The righteousness that we
have comes as a gift of God.
We are still capable of being used as
instruments of righteousness. We have a
choice whether we will do something productive
or something that will be harmful.
When we offer ourselves to God, we make
ourselves available to Him and whatever plans He
has for us. This thought scares many
people because they like to be in control and to
know what is going on. When God is in
control though, we don't need to worry because
we know that things will work out better than
when we are in control.
Being used as an instrument of righteousness
means that we are willing to use our time, our
talents, and our money for the glory of God.
It means that we use the spiritual gifts that
God has enabled us with for the purpose that He
gave them for in the first place.
Being an instrument of righteousness isn't
always easy. Not only must we fight
against our desire to sin, we must fight our
desire for personal comfort. We must go
outside of our comfort zones to be all that God
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