the word holiness seems to have accumulated a good deal of baggage in modern parlance. we typically think of holiness as 'holier than thou' or in some sort of puritanical, self righteous vein.
holiness actually means something that is set apart for a very special use.
in the Biblical sense, it conveys the idea of purity and, believe it or not, beauty, particulary breathtaking moral beauty.
consider this quote by one of my mentors...
The life of holiness is the life of faith in which the believer, with a deepening knowledge of his own sin and helplessness apart from Christ, increasingly casts himself upon the Lord, and seeks the power of the Spirit and the wisdom and comfort of the Bible to battle against the world, the flesh and the devil. It is not a lonely or cheerless struggle, for Christ gives the Spirit to the members of his body to help one another…growth in holiness is always growth together”
- Edmound Clowney
how this plays out in our lives in in this manner: maturing in holiness means maturing in love, a love that knows God’s love poured out into our hearts and answers that love with obedience.
may God give you unusual grace in your pursuit of the moral beauty that he intends to restore to you..
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