September 13, 2013
Last night as I was explaining my verse, how it applied and how badly I needed it, I told Lance that same story about my morning experience and how I was praying to not receive anything vague or abstract like an “I am Holy” or “you are holy” verse. Well, this morning I woke, pulled out my phone and this is what I saw...
I immediately began laughing, nudged Lance and told him the hilarity of the humor God contains. It’s almost as to if He tells me, “yesterday you were down and you needed something quick and direct but today I am going to give you that thing you didn’t want so that you can learn from it.” I know that every verse is holy. I know every verse is important. I know there is wisdom from every verse. But yesterday, I just needed that quick pick me up. Today, he gives me the lesson.
Therefore, preparing your minds for action, and being sober-minded, set your hope fully on the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ. As obedient children, do not be conformed to the passions of your former ignorance, but as he who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct, since it is written, “You shall be holy, for I am holy.” --1Peter 13-16
My take away from today’s verse and how it applies to me and how if only I would take the time to search the context and spend time in relationship with Christ, I would have seen how this Holy passage applies to me and our situation....
This verse is describing a time of preparation for the coming of Christ and describing a time of living holy because God has made us holy through Christ. But this is how I needed it...
Prepare your mind for action: Get ready. Be prepared. Roll up your sleeves.
Be sober minded: Put your game face on. Get serious.
Set your hope fully on the grace that will be brought: Look to Jesus alone.
Do not conform to your former ignorance: You have changed. You are a new creation.
....so all together with the verse of the day, this is what I see...
It’s time to get ready and to be prepared. Like a man who is going into battle, so must I roll up my sleeves, take this seriously and prepare for what God will have me to do. My hope is to be fully in Christ. Not only is He the giver of salvation but all good things come from HIm. It is not man, nor my abilities that will get me into the place He wants me to be but it will be God alone. Obedience can of course mean outward acts but it can also mean the obedience of my heart and my trust. I must continue to lean on Him and wait on Him and trust in Him. I cannot return to my time before Christ where I had little hope and felt as though I were doing it all on my own. I have to remember that He is my identity and through Him alone I will be placed where he calls. And lastly, the holy verses. God is holy. He is set apart from us. Though created in His image, we have separate characteristics in our being and in our perfection. But God being holy, calls us to him to be holy also. He does not use his holiness as a shield to keep us out. He created a door through Jesus to allow us to come in, to draw near to us and to be holy, or set apart, with Him. So, how does this apply in my job search? Easy, God has set me apart. He already has the perfect position lined up for me. He has a plan. I am one of his children, one of his chosen. I cannot doubt His goodness or the blessings he has given. I must be holy as he is holy, in my thought and action.
Lord, I thank you for having a sense of humor. It may be in these times more than others that I take most delight in you. You are amazingly amazing and you never cease to awe me. I will love you all of my days. Thank you for this reminder that I am set apart and when I doubt my belonging, I doubt myself and my skill, you are there to pick me up. You remind me with a gentle verse that I belong to you. You have made me perfect and you will help me find my way. I love you, Lord. Thank you, Jesus.
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