Set apart..

I heard the title "Set apart" when I woke up this morning, and I was absolutely excited! For the most part writing comes to me almost naturally, but this time I really had to dig deeper in order to understand what the spirit was saying. So I looked up the definitions of "set" and "apart".

Set means to put, lay, or stand something in a specific position. A group or collection of things that belong together or resemble one another

Apart means to be separated by distance. 

In other words to be "set apart" means to be detached from things that have no resemblance to one's grouping/category. 

So what should this mean to us as Christians? Let’s go back to the beginning Genesis 1:27 (NIRV) says "So God created man in His own likeness; He created him in the likeness of God; He created them as male and female." 

This means that right from the beginning we had been set apart, because we were the only ones created with "resemblance" to the Lord. Hence, we ought to walk life with the mindset that we are holy, why? Because we have been created with the competency to do so. 

Now let’s not get it twisted! Yes we have the ability to be holy, but God has given us the free will to decide whether or not we want to live a holy life. Most of us don't really understand what it means to live a holy life, so we just shove the idea to the side never to be revisited. Being holy doesn't mean we don't fall short, even the bible says "all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God" (Romans 3:23, NIV) 

What matters is that we make up minds to live a holy life, and ask God to help us. Look at it this way God's plan for us will ensure we are provided for; His plan is perfect, so why should we chose to live life with less when He wants to give us more? The enemy will always try to penetrate our minds, and swindle us with the fact that we are not worthy but don't be deceived! When Jesus died on the cross He paid in full. The blood that was shed on our behalf has erased those sins done, and that which is yet to be done. I don't know about you, but God has to be extremely mighty to see the end before the beginning and make preparations to have us taken care of even before the fact.

To live a holy life is to surrender your will to God, and let Him take total control. Sometimes we are so hidden in the things of the world that we forget this isn't our final stop. The bible says that the things we see are temporary, but the things unseen are eternal (2 Corinthians 4:18, NIV) 

Trust me I understand the constant pressure to fit in, but why bother when it’s only temporary? We have a much greater purpose which will reward us with eternity in a land filled with milk and honey, where there is no pain or sorrow. Not to forget we get to spend it with God. Therefore I encourage us all to heed the words from Romans 12:2 (NKJV) "And do not be conformed to this world but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God"