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Tuesday June 19, 2007 - 05:03am (PDT) Permanent Link | 0 Comments
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Sunday October 8, 2006 - 01:53am (PDT) Permanent Link | 0 Comments
Holiness Is Salt: From July 26, 2005 Journal

It's been said that we start the process of dying the moment we're born. Though it would be difficult to pinpoint, it would probably be more accurate to say that we start the process of dying the moment we stop growing. Generation is the antithesis of degeneration-- the power of life is obviously stronger than the power of death, but we know too well that decay is always crouching at the door, waiting for its moment of opportunity. Angry at being denied its prey, the rot of death storms in with a vengeance the very second the generative power that is life starts to slow down-- the minute we stop growing, there is no force to bar the inexorable push of death into our bones. There is no middle ground, no grace period-- the moment life leaves our body, it starts to rot.

So then, it's the growing that keeps us-- and so it is with our spirit. The quest for holiness, at first glance, seems futile to our human minds-- I mean, if the mark we are pressing toward is God's perfect holiness, aren't we setting ourselves up for failure? Obviously,we will never reach that mark until after we die, so what's the point?

The point is that the rot of sin is crouching at our door, waiting for the opportunity to drag us into decadence. We can see so clearly how the frog has been boiled in our society when it comes to morality and our standards of holiness. It's easy to set the bar of morality at what we think is an acceptable level, and then leave it there. But it doesn't work that way, does it? The bar doesn't ever stay where it is-- it gets inched down, one compromise at a time, until we look around one day and realize we are wallowing in filth, and that our love has grown cold. You know-- kind of like that corpse we were talking about. Rotting. Dirty. Cold.

The point is: it's the growing that keeps us; that stops the decay from advancing into our spirits. We must not "grade ourselves on a curve", fooling ourselves into thinking it's just fine to stay where we are. We must set the bar at the only level of holiness that is acceptable to God: that is, His Holiness. His perfection must be the mark that we set for ourselves. You see, by setting our eyes on a standard that is ever above what we can attain, we are choosing a life of forward motion-- a life of perpetual growth. The standard of love and holiness that I live by today is higher than the one I lived by a year ago-- and yet, I dare not stop here, lest the sin in me grab its opportunity-- next year, the standard must be higher still.

Paul said it like this: "Brothers, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus." (Philippians 3:13,14) This is not the empty pursuit of the Pharisees-- of creating more and more religious rules to disguise our deep rooted sin. It is the pursuit of a person madly in love with Jesus Christ-- one who will be satisfied with nothing less than laying hold of Him, and becoming one with Him... in His death, and in His resurrected perfection ( Philippians 3:10-11). And just as salt preserves meat, so our constant pursuit of God's holiness will preserve us, until the day our Lord Jesus is revealed, and we are made to be like Him:)

Saturday November 12, 2005 - 04:14pm (PST) Permanent Link | 1 Comment
Be Holy: From June 30, 2005 Journal

"for it is written: Be holy, as I am holy"( 1 Peter 1:16)
"so you must be perfect, just as your Father in heaven is perfect." (Matthew 5:48)

OK, does anyone else, like, try not to think too much about these particular verses? I mean, be Holy-as He is Holy? - be perfect? Perfect?!!! Come on, what the heck- am I missing something here? Whatever happened to "no one does good, not even one"; or "all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God";-- or how about "we all stumble in many ways"?

Now, I know that God's Word CAN'T be wrong, could NEVER contradict itself-- But shouldn't someone tell God that it's a little bit... mmm, I don't know... IMPOSSIBLE for me to be perfect???

Ok-- take a breath, Monica. Maybe we should ask God about this-- you know, instead of freaking out and thinking you've found the one scriptural tidbit that could unravel the entire fabric of your salvation!

Ok, God. So. You expect me to be Holy, huh?

Yes.

...like You are Holy?

Yes.

As in, (gulp)...perfect?

Without spot or blemish!

Ummm, well, just so You know, I have actually tried to do that...-Ya, umm,... DIDN'T WORK.

I didn't say, "DO Holy". I said "BE holy"

Now I'm confused.

"DO this, DO that"--What does that sound like to you, Monica?

I guess that sounds like the Law .

Does trying to obey the Law make you holy?

No, because You said if I break the teeniest part of the Law, I'm guilty of breaking the whole thing, because all of its commandments come from the same God--YOU. And everyone knows that no one but Jesus can keep the whole Law perfectly! Which is WHY I'm so confused, because here I've been thinking we're no longer under the Law, we're under grace: but when I hear "be Holy, Monica" or "be perfect, Monica", I start to see that giant cosmic finger wagging at me, and I start gearing up to try to do all of the right things with PERFECTION...And before you know it, I'm crumpled up in a little heap of failure at Your feet! I know there's an answer to this, Lord...HELP!!!

Take a breath, Monica.

Ok.

Seriously.

Sorry.

Listen carefully. You keep talking about Monica TRY-ing, Monica DO-ing...and all the time I'm talking about something completely different-- Monica BE-ing.

So, how do I make myself BE Holy?

How do you make a drop of rain BE wet?

That's easy for You to ask --You're God! Unlike YOU, I can't just make something BE, you know, just by SPEAKING it!! All You have to do is say "Let there BE", and WHAM-- You've got light, water, sun, moon, stars, people...I mean, even if You were to tell me how to make a raindrop wet, I still wouldn't have the power to make it be wet. You, on the other hand, simply say "Be Wet!" and it becomes...

Yes?...

... it BE-comes--WET!! Oh!

...and if I say to you "Be Holy!"?, you BE-come...

Holy!!

Right! And when I say, "Monica, Be perfect", you BE-come...

Perfect? Like... You are perfect?

Without spot or blemish- Beautiful !

Really?

Do you believe Me?

Boy, do I know the correct answer to THAT question!-- YES! Absolutely!...I choose to believe You!

Then, it is done. By the power of My Word and My Blood, you are even now BE-coming what I, in my perfect wisdom, know that you ARE-- Holy, Perfect- Everything I ever dreamed of...my Bride!

Ohhhh, I get it-- that's why the bible says You "call the things that are not as though they were"...because whatever You call them is what they will BECOME!! Is that right?

Yep.

And You're not going to smack me over the head with Your bath slipper for not doing everything perfectly?

People always ultimately Do what they Are-- your DO-ing will catch up with your BE-ing, as you BE-come what you ARE--

Holy?

You got it!

Cool! Thanks, Lord!

You're welcome. I love you.

Wow... I love You, too

Monday November 7, 2005 - 10:39pm (PST) Permanent Link | 4 Comments
Converting Journal to Blog: I am removing the Journal from my website and replacing it with this 360 blog space, so the next couple of blog posts are old journal entries that I am reposting here.

Monday November 7, 2005 - 08:28pm (PST) Permanent Link | 0 Comments