Today’s Scripture: 1 Peter 1:13-16
For God did not call us to be impure, but to live a holy life. – 1 Thessalonians 4:7
One Sunday evening, our church was giving a special concert, and my wife and I went early. We located a couple of seats in the balcony and settled in for a fifteen-minute wait until the concert began. Right behind us sat two young men engaged in a conversation that it was our unfortunate experience to overhear.
They were discussing the single young ladies in their Sunday school class. There was no mention of the quality of teaching that went on in the class or the worthwhile projects the class sponsored, just the large pool of girls from which to choose. Their interest in these young ladies was less than honorable. Their motives for membership in that class were unholy.
The Amplified version of 1 Peter 1:14-16 reads, “Live as children of obedience to God; Do not conform yourselves to the evil desires that governed you in your former ignorance when you did not know the requirements of the Gospel. But as the One Who called you is holy, you yourselves also be holy in all your conduct and manner of living. For it is written, ‘You shall be holy, for I am holy.’”
Now just what is a holy life? It is a life that is surrendered to the lordship of Jesus Christ, controlled and empowered by the Holy Spirit, and lived to the glory of God. The apostle Peter referred to people who live that way as “children of obedience.”
Prayer
Lord, I want to be a child of obedience and have my lifestyle reflect Your holiness. Amen.
To Ponder
A holy life boils down to obedience to the Word and will of God.
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