Wholeness is the first step to holiness. This is the central truth that we have been discovering in this new series Forgotten Virtue. The forgotten virtue is holiness, but we will never be made holy until first we are made whole on the inside.
Holiness for most people, feels like an unattainable goal. It always brings up thoughts of hardship, "white-knuckling it" through life, and a general sense of frustration. Most of the time this is due to Christians "trying" to be holy as opposed to asking God to make them WHOLE first.
When we are whole, then holiness will be the natural response. No more hardship and "white knuckling it." Just simple and wholly obedient.
To do this, our heart must be set free. The Psalmist David said in Psalms 119, "I run in the path of your commands, for you have set my heart free..." The path to holiness is found in a free heart.
Here are a couple of things you can do, to allow freedom to begin in your heart:
1. REALIZE THAT YOU ARE BROKEN
News flash...we are all broken. Somewhere in life, we have experienced a breaking place. Be it a failed marriage, bankruptcy, abusive past, or you name it...The issue is not that we are broken, but what are we doing with our brokeness.
I bet that for most people, the door to deep seated sin was opened at one of these breaking points. It's time to confront it. Stop running from it. Deal with it. Be done with it.
2. ASK CHRIST TO FORGIVE YOU
Repentance means that you realize where you have missed it and get your heart right with God. If you leaned to heavy on something to deal with your pain...repent of it. Christ will forgive you. Do it right now.
3. ASK CHRIST TO SET YOUR HEART FREE
This has to deal with inner healing. Sometimes you have to let Christ take you back to those places in your past that you wish you could forget, and ask him to heal you there. Right in that place. He will do it. He will lead you by the hand and set you free.
I'm not saying it's easy, but you can be free. You can be holy. You can be whole.
Carpe Diem. Seize today. BE WHOLE and HOLY!
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