Holiness

God is holy. Who is He keeping Himself set apart from? When He asks us to be holy, set apart from the world, we are being taken out of darkness into light. But God is light already, so what does it mean for Him to be holy? These were my thoughts this morning, and here are the words the Lord brought to me afterwards;

I am set apart from people, to not be changed by them. Yet I am near to them, that they might be changed by Me. I have the Spirit of Holiness (Rm 1:4), which is power . . . power to change from darkness to light. If a man’s affections for this world will be set aside and he comes to Me, he will know Me and My holiness. If I was not holy, he could not know Me, for I would be an ambiguous spirit, affected by the times. But I am not ambiguous. I affect the times. By the power of Who I am I change destinies. I plan eras and My motives come from My holy heart. My purposes are good and holy.

When a man can be touched by the afflictions of another and deeply care about him, acting on his part and yet not becoming like him, this is the beginning of his holiness. If the same man will realize that the Life that raised Jesus from the dead lives in him (Phil 3;10) for the benefit of the afflicted person, he will not want to compromise that Life by trying to change its nature. For the Spirit of holiness is the Spirit of the power of that Life which changes all things it comes into contact with, yet it is changed by nothing.

Because My holiness has the power of Life and affects all it comes into contact with, I am offended when men make it common. When they set My word aside as nothing, they lose the power of all that proceeds from My holiness on their behalf. When they fill their meetings with chatter, yet call on My Name, their stirring of their own spirits by their own words hinders Me, for their hearts are not single.

A single heart is united in its purposes. You might say that the man with a single heart is ‘sold out,’ (Mt 13:44). He has decided that what I have to offer him is more important than all he has. He gives up his chatter for the worth of knowing Me. This man becomes acquainted with My holiness; the Life that changes. (2 Cor 4:7). He will stand in My presence.