Romans 12:1-2

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 reasonable service.  And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.

“Reasonable service?” “Transformed by the renewing of your mind,” Sometimes I feel two lines work together they are just written farther apart.  To present my body as a living sacrifice into that which is holy, I need to renew my mind.  I can’t do it on my own, and it wouldn’t seem reasonable for me to try until I fill myself with the word of God.  Until I understand all that is possible with God for me in His word I will never be willing to give service to Him.  On the other side of that if I don’t renew my mind with the word I will always have the longing for the deeper relationship so “that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.”