The technology that allows me to prepare this article while at my home, then to email it to one of our members who proceeds to uplink it to our church website so that you may then download it from our website to your computer; and, if you wish, print a copy to read or share with someone else -- is amazing. But in the midst of our “awe” regarding such emerging benefits of internet connectedness, are we living in “awe and wonder” of our God?
The word “holy” implies something or someone “set apart for a divine purpose.”
To be holy is to be dedicated to God’s intention. To be holy is to be “given” to God. To be holy is to be focused upon acting, living, working, playing, feeling, and thinking in ways that bring glory to God. The Bible is inscribed as Holy because it directs us to comprehend the revelation of God…it is thus a Holy Book…in fact a collection of Holy books expounding and transmitting knowledge and testimony and witness to the work of God and the manifestations of God’s working in the world. Holy is an important designation for that which is no longer ordinary and certainly not intended as a label for that which is not committed to God’s purpose. By that definition, we must understand that we are called to be holy…as our Lord is holy. We are called to claim the Holiness of God as a characteristic description of who we are as bound in intimate relationship to Him. We are holy when we act in union with God’s desire and intention. Following Jesus will make you holy. Following the leading of the Holy Spirit will enable you to respond appropriately to God’s call upon your life.
Awe and wonder and worship are the work of the church as a holy priesthood of believers sharing in the mission we have been given by God. A holy identity is to mark who we are as God’s people laboring in His name to bring the Gospel of Jesus Christ to all the world. It is a holy calling. It is an amazing, awesome, wonderful calling upon our lives. A world of sinners invited to be made holy by the act of God and by our confession of faith and trust in Him who came to save us from our sins. That opportunity transforms us in the power of a resurrected-from-the-dead Messiah. Such new births bring transforming new beginnings to all who call upon His name. A holy life…is it where you are living today? Or perhaps you would say…not so holy? Either way…know Christ makes all the difference in who you will ever be, in what you will ever do that really matters, and in bringing the best future to your experience. Call upon Him to forgive you of your sins, to bring you to an understanding of His purpose for your days, and to become one living a life in Holy obedience and commitment to His purpose.
That is something to be in awe and wonder about forever!
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