Holy living is not an unconscious phenomenon. It doesn’t
happen without you being aware of it. Rather unholy living results when we choose
to be oblivious of how we live our lives, not taking into consideration the
decisions we are about to take before taking them. Don’t ever expect to be holy
without bringing your body into subjection to the Spirit. Don’t ever expect to
be sanctified without consciously separating yourself from anything capable of
defiling you.
“Work out your own salvation with fear and trembling” (Phil.
2:12b). You don’t sit down complacent,
leaving anything and everything to pass through your mind and expect to be
pure. Yes! Christ died for us, but he never said we should go back to sin,
rather he said we should tell others about the good news; the Gospel of the
kingdom.
“Flee also youthful lust” (2Tim. 2:22). It did not say look
away or run away. It said flee; or fly away. This requires your conscious
effort to move with the highest possible speed.
Let us not sit and wait for a supernatural force to fall from
heaven to make us holy. Christ has done his part; paying the price for our sins
and setting us free. The Holy Spirit gives us the power to live right (2Pet.
1:3).
So do your own part, flee from whatever would defile you. Renew
your mind with the word of God (Rom. 12:2). Don’t be unconscious about your
spiritual life; rather be all aware and ready for the Kingdom.
SHALOM!!!
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