The Beauty of Holiness

Holiness is beautiful, and that is what you were created for. God is holy and without holiness, you cannot see God. God wants us to be holy as He is holy. He never gives us a command that we cannot do. Holiness begins with who you are when you became born again in Christ Jesus. On top of that, Jesus sent the Holy Spirit to lead us in our daily life. What else do we need? We have nothing to lose but have everything to gain, because God is with us!

“Where there is no vision [no redemptive revelation of God], the people perish; but he who keeps the law [of God, which includes that of man]–blessed (happy, fortunate, and enviable) is he.” (Prov.29:18, AMP)

Whenever you have a problem living a holy life, it is because you have a vision problem. You don’t have any sense of purpose. But if you know that there is a prize at the end of the race, you are more likely to restrain yourself and not sin. If you have a vision of your calling, destiny, and purpose in life, you are willing to do whatever is necessary – make sacrifices, adjustments, and changes. You will never deal with righteousness or holiness until you first deal with vision.

Satan is working over-time to steal the vision from our young people through the media, wrong relationships, peer-pressure, and sin. Sin is an enticement in itself. It’s like bait. It brings pleasure to the flesh but only for a moment. After that? Guilt, condemnation, defeat, a lack of confidence, a sense of failure or worthlessness soon follows. It is good to remember how Jehoshaphat won the war: “And when he had consulted with the people, he appointed those who should sing to the LORD, and who should praise the beauty of holiness, as they went out before the army and were saying: “Praise the LORD, For His mercy endures forever.” (2 Chron.20:21)

You parents need to work together with your children and be consistent. You are a model to them. You may have heard the story of Esther. The story did not begin in Esther chapter one. It actually began 500 years before, when Saul refused to eradicate the Amalekites. The prophet, Samuel, had to remind Saul of his failure to do what God commanded him to do. Esther was now left to do battle with an ancient enemy, Haman the Agagite, because of that failure. Parents: the sin or disobedience that you do not eradicate today, your children may have to face tomorrow. You can’t change anything that you want to tolerate – if you want to tolerate losing, failures, or a bad marriage – you’re not going to change.

You must have a focused vision. Look at the original state when God created the first man, Adam. He was created in God’s image, holy, beautiful, with no guilt or condemnation. The same thing with you: you are created in God’s image. Though we were born sinners Jesus came to redeem us so that we can go back to our original state just like when God first created man – pure and holy.

“Give unto the LORD the glory due to His name; worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness.” (Ps.29:2)