A Life Blazing With Holiness
1 Peter 1:13 (MSG) 13-16 So roll up your sleeves, get your head in the game, be totally ready to receive the gift that’s coming when Jesus arrives. Don’t lazily slip back into those old grooves of evil, doing just what you feel like doing. You didn’t know any better then; you do now. As obedient children, let yourselves be pulled into a way of life shaped by God’s life, a life energetic and blazing with holiness. God said, “I am holy; you be holy.”
I started a blog in 2009 called “Seekingholiness.blog.” You see, I have been an intentional disciple for many years. I understand when God said “I am holy, you be holy” it was not just a suggestion. And I also understand that attaining such perfection is not within our reach while in our mortal bodies. But that doesn’t mean we should quit trying.
I love, love, love the way “The Message” interprets these instructions: “roll up your sleeves and get your head in the game.” We roll up our sleeves to engage in heavy work, and we get our head in the game so that we are completely present and aware of what is going on around us. If we are not attentive, we will be in danger of returning to a lifestyle that does not glorify God.
May we who know better, do better, and may we hunger for a life that is truly energetic and blazing with holiness.
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
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