This last Tuesday one of the staff members, Brandon, gave an incredible, rather convicting, talk on holiness. The definition given for holy was to be set aside, comparable to the fine china in our homes that are set aside in beautiful china cabinets.
Brandon pointed out that the word holy is the only word repeated three times in a row to describe our Lord. “…Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God Almighty-the one who always was, who is, and who is still to come.” ~Revelation 4:8 Obviously, God has called us to be holy beings; He longs for us to be set apart and allow Him to use us the way He desires. 
When holiness consumes us, we want nothing
more than to serve God.
Reading in the book Velvet Elvis, Rob Bell offers up some awesome thoughts on the holiness that surrounds us. The one that has stuck with me, especially at work these last few days, has been that everywhere is holy ground. Because if God created it, it’s holy. It is not a matter of us as humans creating holiness, but rather a matter of us opening our eyes and acknowledging that we continuously walk on holy ground.
God’s holy creation is already established, but we show up.
It traces back to the Old Testament when Moses is asked to take off his shoes on top of the mountain because God tells Moses he is on holy ground. Since reading this book, each night before going to bed I capture the ‘holy moments’ of the day. Conversations, people, prayers, blessings, or trials that help me to acknowledge God’s presence are written down in my journal. It’s so awesome to go back through and read these and just revel in how God moves in our lives, sometimes nearly unnoticed and sometimes in the most drastic of ways!
In all Brandon gave 7 reasons why Holiness in our Media Matters:
God’s holy creation is already established, but we show up.
It traces back to the Old Testament when Moses is asked to take off his shoes on top of the mountain because God tells Moses he is on holy ground. Since reading this book, each night before going to bed I capture the ‘holy moments’ of the day. Conversations, people, prayers, blessings, or trials that help me to acknowledge God’s presence are written down in my journal. It’s so awesome to go back through and read these and just revel in how God moves in our lives, sometimes nearly unnoticed and sometimes in the most drastic of ways!
In all Brandon gave 7 reasons why Holiness in our Media Matters:
1.) Entertaining unholy thoughts is sinful
2.) When you sow to the flesh, you reap corruption
3.) It undermines God’s #1 method of sanctification-renew the mind
4.) A lack of Holiness limits our usability
5.) A lack of Holiness hurts our influence with God in prayer
6.) Worldly ‘Mindness’ hurts our intimacy with God
7.) The Fear of the Lord should drive our pursuit of holiness
Don’t copy the behavior and customs of the world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will know what God wants you to do, you will know how good and pleasing and perfect His will really is. ~Romans 12:2
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