For the Happiness That Comes From Your Holiness
God of Grace,
As a believer, I am included among those you refer to as “a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession” (1 Peter 2:9). Don’t ever allow me to take these images of grace for granted! When I take the time to reflect on what it actually means to be holy – that every thought I think, every word I speak, and every action I take is unstained by sin, I become painfully aware of the impossibility of ever achieving holiness on my own. Nevertheless, I am a part of your “holy nation” of believers. You call me, a sinner, sinless. You call unholy me, holy. Only by the blood of Jesus! I ask just this, then, Lord – that you direct and equip me to live the holy life to which you’ve called me, so that my life reflects what you say I am in Christ: holy.
In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen.