For I Am Holy

"But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation.  Because it is written, Be ye holy, for I am holy."  I Peter 1:15-16.  God declared His holiness to His people during the Old Testament period in Leviticus 11:44.  God is holy, and therefore, His people are to be holy.  We are to maintain holiness in a world of defilement.  We constantly witness the impurity of people.  We see it in their actions.  We hear it in their speech.  God has called us to separate ourselves from the evil about us, and live lives of holiness.  God has not called us to that style of living that we cannot perform.  He has established no standard that we cannot meet.  Holiness is to have no part with unholiness.  Impurity has the power to blemish and scar.  As we walk amidst the corruption of the world, we must ever be mindful of the high calling that we have received from God.  We must ever be aware of the character of God.  We must seek to be as He is as we live in this sinful world.  Our thoughts, our speech, our actions, even our entire manner of life is to be as the holiness of God.  A holy life is a life without regret and without guilt.  A holy life is a secure life in the bosom of the Father and our Lord Jesus Christ.  Impurity will mar life here and in the eternity to come.  Let us be holy for our God who called us is holy.