“…whatever you do…do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus…” Colossians 3:17
If you are working, work hard, give it your all.
Obey rules and leaders and bosses as if your obeying Christ’s commands and laws.
If your serving, serve as if it is the Lord Jesus in front of you.
Respect people, as if it is Jesus you are respecting.
Speak to people, as you would want to spoken to.
Honor people, as if it is God you are honoring…
by all of these things, God is highly exalted and honored and glorified IN YOU.
We have no right to look down on anyone, to not love someone, to disrespect someone, to disobey those in leadership over us, to put people down….we are no better or greater than anyone.
“Here there is not Greek and Jew, circumcised and uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave, free, but Christ is all and in all.” (Colossians 3:11)
We have a standard, as children of God and heirs with Christ to live by. We MUST, i repeat, MUST be holy as Christ is Holy.
“…he who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct…’You shall be holy, for I am holy.’” (1 Peter 1:15-16)
We MUST live godly lives, bringing glory to God in all we say and do and we must love Jesus and worship Him with our lives…heart, mind, soul, and strength. We need to each day, take our call to be holy, seriously and ask the Holy Spirit to help us and to continue to sanctify us so that we can be holy. We must check ourselves, hourly, maybe more sometimes. We must be open and obedient to the Spirit’s convictions and rebukes and urgings in our lives. If we are to be holy, we MUST take up our cross daily, and deny ourselves and follow Christ.
Forsake all your freaks, reputation, insecurities, unbelief, doubt, selfish thoughts and ambitions, dreams, desires, passions, cares, frustrations…and the list could go on. Just do what God has told you to do. plain and simple.
You are FREE from your past, free from the sin that entangles you, free dome condemnation, free from judgment of the world…so STOP living bound, because you are not. You are FREE.
In Christ, your chains are gone, so start living in His victory and forsake yourself.
This life is not about your and if you are comfortable. God is sanctifying you, (never comfortable!), be okay and willing to endure pain, turmoil, for Christ endured more than you can imagine. Be okay to be rebuked and challenged. Stop being stubborn, it’s not a godly trait.
God does not want you to stay where you are, that’s why we go through sanctification.
REMEMBER, that you are to be holy. Every ounce of you. For God’s glory.
get it. grasp it. understand it. live it.
“…and He died for all, that those who live might no longer live for themselves, but for Him who for their sake died and was raised.”
2 Corinthians 5:15
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