A Living Sacrifice

What does it mean to be a living sacrifice?
Have you ever wondered what it means for you to present your own body as a living sacrifice?
“I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service.” Romans 12:1.

Paul beseeched the Romans to present their bodies as a living sacrifice. In other words, it was really urgent for him that they do this; it was something really significant. But what does it actually mean to give our bodies as a living sacrifice? Clearly, he was speaking figuratively, not literally. And this entreaty was not just for the Romans – it is essential for us in our day too!