Romans 12: 1-8 Present yourselves as a living, holy sacrifice to God.
Exodus 1:8-2:10 Baby Moses is adopted.
Paul in the Romans passage is inviting faithful followers to be a living sacrifice. We are not being asked to pick up our cross and walk towards death, but rather we are called to use our bodies, our spirit and our minds to act on God’s will. How do we know what we are called to do? Discernment is a spiritual practice that invites us to reflect and be in dialogue with God and the Spirit to determine how we will live out our faith. We may be asked to move outside the norms of behaviour of our society like the Pharaoh’s daughters, we may be called upon to bend the rules, or even break them. Jesus calls us to not be conformed to this world, but to be transformed by the love of God. How will you become a living sacrifice?