Wholly Holy!

“Just as He who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do; for it is written: ‘Be holy because I am holy.’” 1 Peter 1:15-16

“Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God Almighty, early in the morning our song shall rise to Thee. Holy, Holy, Holy, Merciful and Mighty, God in three persons, blessed Trinity.” Reginald Heber, a poetically-inclined Anglican vicar, penned the words to this great hymn in 1826 for use in robust congregational praise, but I quietly sang it over and over again to my precious babies as I changed their many diapers. I wanted the fact that God is holy – set apart, perfect, divinely majestic – to be the first truth embedded in their little minds.

God wants that truth embodied in our little lives. In everything we do today, in all of our thinking, speaking, feeling, and acting, we should be holy – set apart (different), perfect (right), divinely majestic (Godly). May I say it seems like no small task? May I honestly say it seems like an impossible task? It would be, if the first part of the verse wasn’t there. “Just as He who called you is holy.” On our own, an attempt to “be holy in all you do” would be hopeless, but because He “the Holy One” has called us, the unattainable is now achievable.

God has called us into a relationship with Himself and has given us His life. He is the one who makes us what we are. The Holy One is living in us, and He wants to live through us. God doesn’t call us to “do holy.” He calls us to “be holy.” As we do all the things we do, He desires for us to be all He has made us to be – holy! Let who He is show through in what you do.

Be wholly His in all you do.
You’ll find yourself holy right in the middle of it!



Time for a Little R&R

RECOGNIZE
The truth that God is “Holy, Holy, Holy,” is continually declared in heaven (Revelation 4:8).
Stop for one minute and consider God’s holiness.

RESPOND
Be wholly His. Thank Him that He called you and commit all of yourself to Him for the rest of today.