There’s No Easy Road That Leads to Holiness

There’s no easy road that leads to holiness. Why? Because the road that leads to being holy is the way of a true follower of Jesus. It means seeking His face daily and growing in His image.

God calls us to holiness: “As obedient children, do not be conformed to the passions of your former ignorance, but as he who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct, since it is written, ‘You shall be holy, for I am holy.'” 1 Peter 14-16 (ESV)

Yet, God knows, without Christ, it’s impossible. Our flesh battles against holiness, desiring to pursue the indulgences the world offers.

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Holiness Forms Deep Inside Us

You see, holiness forms deep inside as we spend time with a Holy God, then shows up outwardly in how we live our lives.

Spending time with our Holy God includes: meditating on God’s Word, being in His holy presence in worship (Psalm 96:9) and prayer, keeping in step with the Spirit not to fulfill the lusts of the flesh (Galatians 5), growing in the fruit of the Spirit, and becoming more and more like Jesus every day.

Also, let me note here that if you haven’t known Jesus long, having a strong Christian disciple and mentor you helps build you up in the faith. And a chuch community of other believers and Bible studies encourages you on the road to holiness.

Obedience Leads to Holiness

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Our Job is Trusting God Instead of Worrying

Is trusting God difficult for you?

And have you ever wondered:

How will I get through this?

Where do I turn?

What are we going to do?

Several times in my life, it felt as if I were free-falling. Like an amusement park ride, the bottom fell out from under me.

Such as the times my husband or I lost a job, our livelihood. And when I miscarried our second baby and hoped to have another child. Also, when my father passed away.

In all those cases, insecurity locked arms with me as my unwelcome companion.

Trusting God Will Bring Good

And honestly, I struggled to believe God would get us through this and bring about our good in some way. Even though my trust waned in the past, we had indeed made it through the same hardship before.

After the miscarriage, the Lord blessed us with another child. But, if I never carried another baby to full term, would my trust in God seem futile? When a loved one passes away instead of receiving a healing, is trusting God still possible?

While we may desire to place our full trust in God’s care, power, control, purpose, plan, and believe He has our best interest at heart, it’s not an easy thing. In fact, it’s super hard.

So is it possible to fully trust our heavenly Father, no matter our circumstances?

Oh, sure, I trust God when life is going along without a hitch. But what about when life isn’t good?

I’m realizing the Lord grows my faith and trust in Him more when life seems unknown than when things are going as planned. 

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Here’s what I’m learning.

Our Job is Trusting Instead of Worrying

Our job as a Christ-follower is to trust God’s power, ways, and purposes. 

And God’s job is everything else. He does the heavy-lifting. 

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There’s Never Been a Day God Didn’t Love You

Have there been days you didn’t feel loved? Maybe days you didn’t love yourself? My hand’s raised.

Good news and God news: God lavished His love on you from the beginning. Even from day one in your mother’s womb, God loved you.

And there’s never been a day God didn’t love you. Not one single day. 

Because God’s love is past, present, and future tense.

He loved us while knitting us in the womb, He loves us with every breath we take, and He will love us every tomorrow.

So let’s look at how we know there’s never been a day God didn’t L-O-V-E us. 

L – Live loved by the Savior: never been a day

You are the beloved child of the Most High God. 

Because love is not only something God does, but also who He is. In fact, God cannot not love. God loved us so much, He gave His only Son to give us eternal life.

When we know God loves us, we live differently. 

We choose to live loved by the Savior and walk in freedom. Then we won’t waste another minute believing something about love God didn’t say. Whatever the world or culture or people tell you about love, God is the true definition of love.

There’s never been a day God didn’t love you.

Even from day one in your mother's womb, God loved you. And there’s never been a day God didn’t love you. Not one single day.  Share on X

O – Open your eyes and heart to God’s love

With humans, love sometimes has a beginning and an end. But this is not the case with God. His love is eternal and never-failing. It has no end. 

“I have loved you with an everlasting love.” Jeremiah 31:3b (ESV)

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How God Moves and Acts in Our Lives

Do you believe God moves and acts on your behalf? 

Often, we find it difficult to believe something is happening, especially when we don’t see it. 

Yet, believing without seeing is the definition of faith in Hebrews 11:1. 

“Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.” (ESV)

Years ago, I told the Lord I do not like it when I can’t see what He’s doing or how He’s moving. But that wouldn’t be faith. 

Instead, we rest assured that God is working and moving in the heavenly realm and in the world and our lives—no matter what we see or can’t see.

Let’s look at 3 assuring ways God moves and acts.

(1.) God moves and acts through prayer.

Many times we underestimate the power of prayer to change situations and people…to change us. 

Because we move the spiritual world when we praise the Lord, recognize who God is, petition the Almighty, intercede for others, and speak God’s Word in prayer.

But sometimes our own thoughts, the enemy, or other people trick our heart into thinking God is holding out on us. 

Maybe a prayer went unanswered in how we wanted the situation to turn out. Perhaps we feel God didn’t come through for us in what we wanted to happen. Or, we’ve prayed for something so long, it seems impossible. 

Remind your heart: God. Is. Not. Holding. Out. On. Me. 

God moves and acts to work out His best for me. God continues to remind me that His timing really is perfect; His plans for me are always for my good and His glory. 

So we don’t stop praying, we pray on. I’m thankful for the power of prayer: mountains still move, seas still part, mana still rains from heaven, and because God can raise the dead, ashes turn to beauty again.

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(2.) The God of the impossible moves mountians.

“What is impossible with man is possible with God.” Luke 18:27b (ESV)

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