Be Holy

Holiness. It's the key to unlocking extreme potential in your quest for the most effective mastery over life. The importance of holiness can not afford to be overlooked. But I tell you now that it is being overlooked by the majority of Christians and is indeed the foremost cause of ineffectiveness in so very many Christians. Paul put so much substance behind the necessity to be holy for exactly this reason. We as Christians have been set apart as holy. We must live our lives to that end, if we ever expect to answer God's personal calling on our lives. Holy is defined as "one perfect in goodness and righteousness". Quite obviously this does not mean you will not make mistakes. But when you knowingly make compromises in your life for other people's standards, not only do you limit what God is willing to do with and for you, but you show others that the transformation of a person into an active, called Christian; the power of God really, isn't really that intense. I'll give you an example that is easy to see. On myspace.com, there was a profile with a name that was something like "Ready to transform the whole world for God". That was not the exact name, but the point is made. When I went to this person's page, there were worldly things being advertised by the very individual that thought it important enough to name the profile what they did. By clicking on the friends in this profile, I could see the comments that the "Extreme Christian" left for the friends. Things like, "Eff that noise, call me." Eff that noise? What does that mean?! When I heard someone at a church once use that term, I asked them why they chose to use it. "We're at church, this is God's house!", they replied. You may not be that transparent, but that's no better. At least someone who is that transparent has a better chance to recognize the need for change. You could just go through life deceived about what a real, intense, clearly committed life with God is like. Is it any wonder that people experience short term walks with God? Impotent lives that bear no productive fruit? People always look to the world as a source of friction for the Christian. How problematic many Christians are! It's the carnality and the lack of boundaries that set people up for guaranteed failure. You will either have set standards that you follow or you will allow things to compromise your relationship with God. You can't be holy when you allow such ridiculous folly. If you find yourself living a life that a stranger would not be certain that you are holy, you probably are not. Don't justify it, crucify it. Give it to God or have your standards and quality of life further raped by your unholiness. You can never expect God to work great things in and through you when you expose your temple to compromise. And if it seems like God is actively working through you, then consider what He could do if you were holy. Don't be deceived, being holy is the key to igniting those around you. It's the very element that lets God do absolutely fantastic things through you. It is what makes a person unstoppable in their personal growth and it is the gateway to becoming wiser to all things.