God Gives Us A Gift Of That Aspect Of His Own Character-Holiness
Scripture: Ephesians 1:4
This Scripture says, “…just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before Him in love,…” God has chosen us that we should be holy. What a statement! God gives us a gift of that aspect of His Own character-holiness. He applies it through the Blood of Christ and He declares it over us. Through the Blood of Jesus, we become a new creation and we are declared holy. That qualifies us to become the temple of the Living God. Once we are declared holy, God can take up residence in our temple and He can live and develop on the inside of us. Holiness is very important in the plan of God. God told Moses to take the sandals off his feet for he was standing on holy ground. The ground was holy because God was there. We are holy because God takes up residence in us. When He takes up residence by the Holy Spirit on the inside of a person, then we can agree with God that by the Blood of Christ we have been made holy. Honoring holiness is an issue of yielding to the Holy Spirit. It is not a physical issue but wholly a relational one. It is not a matter of sowing uniforms in the church! It is not about jewelry. It is a relational issue and it comes from our relationship with the onboard Living, Holy God who dwells within. Choosing to live holy is a relational issue. It is a choice that we need to make knowing full well what the consequences are. If we don’t want to grieve the Holy Spirit so that He goes on vacation and leaves, then we must choose to maintain that relationship of holiness and it is a choice. It is about the fullness of purpose, and it is about a heart desire to please our Father.
- Pray that the heavens will declare over the entire earth the original intent for this month in your life, your family, church, nation and continent. (Ps 19:2-4)
- Pray that in every sector of the society, all ungodly purification taking place over the month of February be wiped away by the blood of Jesus which purges completely. (Col 2:14)
- Pray that during this month, God will flush out any seed of evil from your system and flood you with good that will overcome every evil. pray this for your family, the church, your nation and continent (Rom 12:21). Another word for \”purification\” is \”refining\”. In this season, submit yourself to God for refining.