What a thought. Speaking of thoughts, are our thoughts holy? What does it even mean to be holy? Jerry Bridges in "The Pursuit of Holiness" says, "To live a holy life, then, is to live a life in conformity to the moral precepts of the Bible and in contrast to the sinful ways of the world. It is to live a life characterized by the '[putting] off of your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires... and [putting] on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness' (Ephesians 4:22-24).".
Do we do try to do that? Do we even want to do that? We are a new creation in Christ Jesus - but why is it that we (myself included) want to be a new creation with old habits? We are indeed a new creation instantly with our bodies being a temple in which the Holy Spirit indwells, but the act of being holy is a continual process that we must take responsibility for!
It is the least we can do - it is our reasonable act of service to be holy and pleasing to God (Romans 12:1). After all Christ DIED for us, can't we LIVE for Him?
Let us try it today - put off our old self, and put on the new!
Growing together,
Jennifer
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