A Holy Life

I Thessalonians 4:7 For God did not call us to be impure, but to live a holy life.

I suppose this verse is not anything new.  Why would God call us to be impure?  He is holy.  So it stands to reason that he wants us to be holy like Him.

We, as parents, often want our kids to fulfill our unfulfilled dreams, to be clones of us in the way we look, or to even choose our same occupation so that we feel so proud of them.

However, God made each of us unique and gave us individual gifts so that we exhibit all parts of His love, creativity, and amazing power…yet He wants us all to be holy.

If we admit it, what we really want for our kids is for them to love God and experience Him as their Father, right?  That’s what we know is best for them, it’s that which will sustain them through all of life’s hard knocks.

Our Father knows that to experience Him fully, we must be holy, not impure.

And the only way our impurities can leave our bodies is not through oils or other physical means, but by submitting and surrendering to His love.

Impurity – it comes with birth and only gets uglier as the years roll by.

Holiness – it comes with new birth and only gets more lovely as the years roll by.

Which will it be?