We offer our bodies as a living sacrifice by daily embracing life and dying to our flesh: our sinful desires, our selfishness, our pride, even our fear and despair. Unlike the sacrifices offered under the old covenant, which came through death, our sacrifices come through life, from the decision to honor God with our lives. Christ’s death is the once-and-for-all sacrifice, and now we participate in that sacrifice by participating in His life. And like properly offered sacrifices in the Old Testament, when we live before Christ, our bodily living sacrifice is a sweet aroma to Him.
