"I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, whish is your spiritual worship." (Rom. 12: 1-2)
When Jesus encountered the woman at the well in John 4, she commented that as a Samaritan they worshipped in the mountains and that the Jews worshipped in Jerusalem. Jesus pointed out to her that where you worship is not the issue, but how. He told her that true worship is in "spirit and in truth." That makes it a matter of the heart.
When Paul writes these words in Romans 12: 1-2 he also makes it a heart matter. He says true spiritual worship is in presenting yourself completely to God. It is a matter of total surrender of your life to God. It is being 'All in'.
I love the way I heard Manley Beasley put it one time. He said it is like taking a blank sheet of paper and signing it at the bottom, and then saying, "OK, God fill in the details."
When you consider all that God has done for you, outlined in Romans 1-11, then you realize the logical "therefore" of Rom. 12: 1-2. The only true spiritual worship is to totally present yourself to God, and say, "Ok, Lord, I am yours. I report for duty. Who do you want me to be? Where do you want me to go? What do you want me to do? I am all in."
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