My Child, as you surrender more and more to Me, the more I will show you My glory. The more you are desperate for Me, the more I will show up. The more you are dependent on Me, the more I will provide for you. I am your heavenly Father who loves you and cares about your every need.
My child, you have received My Spirit so that you may know the things freely given by Me. You have the mind of Christ. Cling to Me and press in. I will show you things of the Spirit so you won’t walk by the flesh. Be set apart and walk by My Spirit.
1 Cor. 2:12-16
Let’s look at another side of holiness. In a very real sense holy is also something we are exhorted to become(the goal and outcome of spiritual growth). Though a foundation of holiness has been laid in us by virtue of the fact that we are God’s possession, Paul makes it clear that something is still missing: “My children, with whom I am again in labor until Christ is formed in you.”(Galatians 4:19)
Time and again in his writings, Paul admonishes believers to live a holy life, always adamant that the sins of the flesh be forsaken. This can only mean that an effort is required on our part.(Romans 3:14, Ephesians 4:22-24, Galatians 5:16, 1 Timothy 6:11) So there’s no question that living a holy (sanctified) life is expected. And if expected, it must be thoroughly attainable (not the impossibility of being sin-free, but definitely that of being self-controlled).
We must be aware, though, that the term sanctification has taken on its own peculiar meaning by many in the church. It has come to be known as the process by which we become more holy as we are gradually able to rid our life of sin, thereby making ourselves more acceptable to God.
While on the surface this view certainly seems to have merit, it is nevertheless out of balance. Why? Because God has already accepted us! Still, doesn’t Scripture time and again instruct us to attempt to please God by walking out our faith in a manner worthy of Him? Yes it does; it’s the whole point of living a godly life.(Ephesians 4:1) But pleasing God with our life is something far different than trying to become acceptable to Him.
Excerpted from: Free from the Power of Sin: The Keys to Growing in God in Spite of Yourself
My child, you will see My miraculous Hand at work. You will experience Me in the midst of this trial. You will see the prayers you have prayed answered and rejoice in all I am doing. Look up, your redemption draws near.
Luke 21:28
My child, if you wholeheartedly commit whatever you do to Me, your plans will succeed. Committing any plans to Me, is seeking My plan. I will show you the right path. Daily seek to know Me. Daily commune with Me. Seek the intimacy I desire us to have together.
Your Bridegroom
Proverbs: 16:3
My child, without Me you can do nothing, but with Me, you can do anything. Commit your plans to Me and I will show you the right path. Trust Me with all your heart and delight yourself in Me. I will bring My plans into your life as you submit everything to Me.
John 15:5 Philippians 4:13 Proverbs 3:5-6 Psalm 37:4-5
My child, I have transformed you and given you the mind of Christ. Just think back to before I was in your life and see how differently you live now. This is a result of Me working through you. I am what the lost need. I am their only hope. People need Me, not a set of do’s and don’ts. I am all they need.
1 Corinthians 2:16
As God’s children, is holy something we are or something we must try to become? First and foremost, holy is what we are in Christ. On this point the testimony of Scripture is clear: “By this we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.”(Hebrews 10:10,14) One source puts it this way: “Sanctification is thus the state predetermined by God for believers, into which in grace He calls them, and in which they begin their Christian course and so pursue it. Hence they are called saints.” By referring to believers as saints (holy ones) in his many letters, Paul isn’t addressing an elite class of Christians; he means all those who belong to Christ.(1Corinthians 1:2)
It’s also important to recognize that in Scripture holiness is often used right alongside the terms redemption, righteousness and justification. Sharing the same context not only means that these concepts are related, but that they coexist as a reality here and now in the believer’s life.(1 Corinthians 1:30)
Likewise, the term blameless is often used in conjunction with holy to unambiguously declare the believer’s unique position in Christ. Being blameless means being regarded as faultless or without blemish—essentially the same as being made righteous. Paul forcefully brings this idea home in Colossians 1:22: “yet He has now reconciled you in His fleshly body through death, in order to present you before Him holy and blameless and beyond reproach.”
Being justified (acquitted of sin) by God’s grace, we are now held blameless, and as a result set apart (made holy, sanctified) as His special possession. And this isn’t merely a hypothetical status or position—as it is often thought of. This is truly who we are in Christ!
My child, take your eyes off yourself and look up. Let your main priority always be Me. I will keep you in perfect peace. When the storms come, keep your focus on Me. When blessings abound, thank Me. I will keep you in perfect peace as your mind is stayed on Me.
Isaiah 26:3
My child, I have searched you and I know you. I am familiar with all your ways. Before you speak I know what you’re going to say. I am behind you and before you. My Hand is upon you. My knowledge of you is all together wonderful and I am leading you in the way everlasting.
Psalm 139