Feb 2, 2009 5
Holiness for the Sake of Others
When thinking about sanctification and the call of God for us to be holy, there is more going on than simply setting ourselves right with God. While God certainly wants to know us and to have fellowship with us, God also wants us to be useful as his people on earth.
We will never represent God unless God is able shape us into his kind of people.
So in our daily work to live holy lives, to discipline ourselves, to hear God, and to let God work in us, we are no longer acting as individuals just trying to better themselves. We are drawing near to God in order to be more effective as God’s people, as his ministers, as his body.
When it comes to spirituality and holiness, we have a lot more at stake than our own salvation. The world is depending on it.
