Are we as women of God striving to become more holy in everything
we do and think? Are we taming our tongues to speak righteousness,
truthfulness, and kindness? Is our hope fully focused on the grace given
us through the blood of Jesus Christ when we accept him as the Lord of our
lives? Are we obedient women of God, striving everyday not to conform to the
evil desires we had before we became Christians?
We, as women of God, need to be preparing our hearts and minds to
act on the things we have learned. We must study the Bible, whether it be
personal or in a group setting. In 1 Peter 1:13, we read, “but just as He who
is called is holy, so be you holy in all you do, for it is written, “Be you holy as I
am holy.”
We are all weak in certain areas of our lives, and when we let our guards
down, Satan is there, lurking; tempting us in our weakest points. If we are
not close to God, the Devil will lead us into temptation and into sin. Satan
tempts us when we are down and discouraged and when we don’t take the
time to pray and stay in close contact with God every moment of our lives.
Be careful not to be caught in his snare. Anytime we feel in our hearts that
something is sin, it usually is, and this is God’s Spirit interceding on our
behalf. Psalm 96:9 tells us “Worship the Lord in his splendor and holiness;
tremble before him, all the earth”.
There is a saying that “Our job while we live is to recognize more and
more what is eternal in each moment and give ourselves away for the things
that last forever.” Becoming holy in our day to day lives can help bring others
to Christ, it might be one of our children, or a neighbor, or a stranger we
meet in a store, or an unbleiving mate; we never know. They can see that
we are different by the way we act, and some will want to know what makes
us full of joy and happiness. We are a reflection of God’s love. Psalm 99:1-4
reads “The lord reigns, let the nations tremble; he sits enthroned between
the cherubim, let the earth shake. Great is the lord in Zion; he is exalted over
all nations. Let them praise your great and awesome name-He is holy”. God
wants us to become holy as He is holy. We all falter and sin from time to time and
we need to recognize our sins and confess them to God letting our lights shine in
this dark world.
What about you? Are you willing to change and be the kind of woman God
expects you to be? Are you a woman of holiness? The word “Holy” means to be
separate, to be a cut above the norm. Does this describe you? Hebrews 12:1-4
sums it up perfectly. “Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud
of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders, and the sin that so easily
entangles , and let us run with perservance the race marked out for us. Let us
fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, and who for the joy
set before him endured the cross, scorning it’s shame, and sat down at the right
hand of the throne of God.”
Let us, as women of God try harder to be what God wants us to be, an
example to those who don’t yet have the priviledge of knowing Jesus and having
a constant relationship with him. Let us become Holy in all we say and do. We are
engaged to Royalty and our Prince is coming to take us home.
