- Nov 14, 2003
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"Forsaking all other lovers, so long as you both shall live…”
A lot of people equate HOLINESS with purity. And I think purity is marvelous and necessary — but it seems to me that purity, as wonderful as it is, is a beautiful symptom of what true holiness really is: radical, exclusive PASSION for Jesus. Because holiness is not a quality or state or personality trait that can exist separate from a relationship with God. And our passionate relationship with God is both the source of and the reason for holiness.
And I know that there are times when we just have to be militant and war against our fleshly appetites and not let them win, because we know it is the right thing to do (Hebrews 12:4). But the BEST times are when we are so in love with Him that other “lovers” just aren’t an option. (Psalm 16:11)
“You are to be holy to Me because I, the LORD, am holy, and I have set you apart from the nations to be My own.” (Leviticus 20:26)
"I am my beloved’s and my beloved is mine." (Song of Songs 6:3)
