Be Still And Know

1 Peter 1.15-16 NLT You must be holy in everything you do, just as God who chose you is holy. For the Scriptures say, “You must be holy because I am holy.” I suspect that we all respond in much the same way to the command that we should live holy lives. We feel a closeness to Isaiah who went into the Temple one day and was overwhelmed by the holiness of God. He responded with embarrassment, not only because he didn’t feel remotely holy himself, but because he was conscious that he lived in a society that was anything but holy. I am sure we can easily identify with his response. But Isaiah learnt that it was possible for him to be totally cleansed and, in that incredible encounter, he was set free from his sin and commissioned to become a spokesman for God. The word holy means separate or set apart. God doesn’t want our lives to be dragged down by the selfish and destructive influences of our society, but to be set apart for him and, just like Isaiah, that can only happen as we experience God’s forgiveness