Leviticus 19:2 – “… You shall be holy, for I, Yahweh your God, am holy.”

As I prayed, read, and meditated on the Word, I almost immediately read something that challenged my heart: Leviticus 19:2.

This was not a suggestion but a command.  I had several questions that I know I will be contemplating for days to come.

• Can we simply decide to be holy?
• What is being holy?
• What does it look like?
• How do we become holy?

I will not attempt to exegete those questions except to say, “GOD IS HOLY.”

As I continued reading, I read 1 Corinthians, and these questions began to unfold for me. The beginning of Revelation, in seed form, began to be planted in my consciousness.

1 Corinthians 1:2 – “For you HAVE BEEN made pure, set apart IN the Anointed One, Jesus…”   [Emphasis mine]

1 Corinthians 1:4 – “…He HAS GIVEN you such free and open access to His grace THROUGH your union with Jesus, the Messiah.”  [Emphasis mine]

1 Corinthians 1:17 – “For I trust in the ALL-SUFFICIENT Cross of Christ alone.”  [Emphasis mine]

1 Corinthians 2:30 – “And NOW He IS our God-given wisdom, our virtue, our holiness, and our redemption.” HE IS, and because He is, we are!  [Emphasis mine]

1 Corinthians 3:9 – “…you ARE God’s Cultivated Garden, the house He is building.”  [Emphasis mine]

1 Corinthians 5 speaks of inappropriate tolerance of sin, calling it superior grace.

1 Corinthians 5:6 – “Boasting over your tolerance of sin is inappropriate. Don’t you understand that even a small compromise with sin permeates the entire fellowship, just as a little leaven permeates a batch of dough?”

God’s heart is always reconciliation and restoration. God hates gossip, backbiting, bitterness, and perversion. God hates sin! God is love and desires that we love with His love.

We must never forget that God is loving, merciful, just, and holy.

Romans 11:22 – “So fix your gaze on the simultaneous kindness and strict justice of God.”

If we are to become all He desires and has provided, we must move beyond being dominated by the mindset of the flesh (1 Cor. 3:1-3).

We can manifest that we are becoming “God’s Cultivated Garden.”

1 Corinthians 3:22- 23 – “… everything belongs to you (us). 23 AND NOW you are joined to the Messiah, who is joined to God.”

Who we are is not necessarily our current manifestation. In being holy, we experience the process of ridding ourselves of the weights and hindrances of fleshly thinking and living and embracing God’s character.

Being holy is not an impossible dream but a place of relationship with Him who is holy.   We Are in Him, and as He lives His life through us, we Become!

You are more than you have become!  Become more than you are now manifesting.  He is in you, with you, and through you.  The life you NOW live in the flesh, you live by the faith of the Son of God. Christ in you is your Hope!

Today is your day to embrace the fullness of Who God says you are and allow the Holy Spirit to bring that into reality in your life!  

God Bless you. Have a fantastic day in Jesus!