Worship Physically as Well as Spiritually

I believe that too often, I have found myself in the position of mental and spiritual worship and have not been fully committed physically.

“¹I appeal to you therefore, brothers, 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 (ESV)

Paul gives it to me strait here. I am to surrender to God, physically. I am to give Him all of me from my heart, head, and soul, to my entire physical form. It is not good enough to worship in my mind. I have to give full to Him all that I am. My worship should be physical as well.

My giving of my full physical self is more than surrendering. I have to be prepared to worship and know that my physical for God is the best I have to offer. I spend about 40 minutes in the mornings exercising to improve my physical health. I get dressed up to go out to a nice dinner with Lori. I dress professionally to go to the office. Doesn’t it make sense to fully commit physically to God, my Lord and Savior. I should be more willing to “present your bodies as a living sacrifice” to God over primping to see people at the office.

I am not saying that I should be out looking for outfits to “look the part” of a “holy roller”. What I am saying is that I should be presenting the best of me to God, whatever that best of me might be. In the Old Testament, the people would bring the best of their animals, not just an animal as sacrifice to the Lord. In some cases they would buy “the best” when they arrived at the temple because they may have felt as though they did not have a worthy sacrifice. And now, thanks to Christ’s death for us, we no longer need a sacrifice, we tend to just come and have strayed away from bringing our best to Him. Again, no need to bring more than you are or have, but it is right to bring the best of you, mentally, spiritually, and physically.

When you come to Christ, how are you coming? Are you thinking more spiritually and mentally is how you should prepare? What if you came to Him physically prepared, presenting “your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God”?