The Consecrator's Vow — E.A. Johnston

The Consecrator’s Vow

This is the consecrator's vow. I vow before God to make these verses and their principles an act of reality in my life as I serve my Lord in my generation. May I refer to them each day and ask the Holy Spirit to make them a practical reality in my life.

Signing the Vow and Committing to Gospel Service

I'll sign my name to it and I'll date it. The following three verses were given by John Song to the consecrators in his meetings who pledged their life to the service of the Lord Jesus Christ and the spread of the gospel.

John Song would sign his name in their Chinese Bibles with the following verses to live by. Number one, Psalm 5110. Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me. May this be a constant reminder to me that I need always to pray for a clean heart and a right spirit to keep me from sin and temptation.

Presenting the Body as a Living Sacrifice

Number two, Romans 12, verses one and two. I beseech you, therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service, and be not conformed to this world, but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.

The call in verse one, present myself a living sacrifice, should be a constant reminder of my vow to serve the Lord all the days of my life. The second verse, an exhortation not to be conformed to this world, warning me all the time not to love the world, lest my love for my Redeemer should grow cold or lukewarm, and I should not conform to the world, but live above it in my personal life.

Remaining Steadfast in the Work of the Lord

Number three, 1 Corinthians 15. Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye steadfast, unmovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord. This verse reminds me to remain steadfast in my faith and diligent in my work.

David’s Failure and the Call to Perseverance

Had King David lived by this principle, he would have stayed fighting the Lord's battles rather than lounging on his bed of ease and sin. I pray this consecrator's vow that the Lord will grant me the grace to stay a living sacrifice, unconformed to this world, steadfast and unmovable, and never wearied in serving Him all the days of the rest of my life, as I live unto God and His glory.

Lifelong Dedication to God’s Glory

I pray these things in the strong name of Jesus Christ. Amen.