Galatians 4:8-31

In the passage above, the Apostle Paul is not dealing with sin, but with the relationship between the natural and the spiritual. The natural must be turned into the spiritual through sacrifice, otherwise a tremendous chasm is created in the actual life. Why should God ordain the natural to be sacrificed? God did not. It is not God’s order, but it has become His will. God’s desire was that the natural would be transformed by obedience, but sin made it necessary for sacrifice to take place.
If we do not sacrifice the natural to the spiritual, it will mock that which God is attempting to produce in each life, and corporately in the body of Christ. This is always the result of an undisciplined spiritual nature. We go wrong because we stubbornly refuse to lay everything on the altar.
It is upon the altar that a transformation will begin to take place. It is at the beginning of our journey toward His will that we must decide what we will bring with us to sacrifice. All of our natural belongings are useless in walking after the spiritual. The only way to walk in His path is to live a life based upon that which is spiritual.
The altar of Christ was the cross. He made the ultimate sacrifice in order to provide an avenue for you and your family to enter into a spiritual dimension of relationship with Him. It is through that dimension that we begin to see a picture of life that we were unable to see before we were transformed.
Christ’s desire was to prepare a way that would lead us back to the communion that Adam had with God before sin entered the world. When we are willing to sacrifice our natural resources and abilities to Him, He opens up the windows of the spiritual and reconnects the sweet avenues of communion with us.
What things in your life are based simply upon carnal, natural thinking? What are you prepared to place upon the altar for transformation? This journey is more than just money, it is about aligning your family with the spirit of God.

"All Christian power springs from communion with God and from the indwelling of divine grace."

James H. Aughey