We are set apart, called to be different. We can't live a life of destruction. We need to live a holy life, one that brings honor to God.
We can't look like, sound like, and act like the world and expect God to show us favor. Infact we are supposed to deny ourselves, surrender to God, and be more Christ like every day. We can't do that if we choose to follow our own ways and not God's.
We need to be faithful servants, surrendered to God. We need to fear and serve the Lord. We can't serve ourselves and God. We can't get our way and still allow God's will to be done in our lives. There will be times God has to tell us no. But we have to remember it will be for our own good.
If we want to be saved we have to be different. We have to be obedient to God's word and his will. We will never make it to heaven if we live by our own rules.
Prayer:
Lord we thank you for your goodness and grace. We thank you that you show us mercy and forgiveness when we mess up. Help us to learn from our mistakes and do better. Give us a desire to honor you in all things, our words, our actions, our thoughts. Help us to be mindful of the things we do, so we are not blind to the way we are living. Show us the things we need to get rid of and the things we need to give to you, in Jesus name we pray Amen.
Verse:
But we are not like those who turn away from God to their own destruction. We are the faithful ones, whose souls will be saved. Hebrews 10:39 NLT
