Living Sacrifice

I appeal to you therefore, brothers and sisters, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. Romans 12:1

To worship fully means giving thanks and praise to God with all of heart, soul, and strength.  But worship is more than an hour a week at church discipline.  According to Paul, worship is to be understood as a whole body experience.  Our bodies themselves not only participate in worship, but are to be presented as worship.  This has tremendous implications for how we live. Worshipping fully means that all that we do should be done as act of thanksgiving to God.  When we feed the hungry, clothe the naked, offer acts of compassion, extend hospitality, offer grace, forgive others, or work for a more just world are lives are worshipful.  This is a concept that transforms how we think of worship and how we ought to think of our lives.