Sacred Purpose

7/22/2020

1 Thessalonians 4:3 “This is the will of God, even your sanctification.”

Am I honestly willing to die to all but God? Is my relationship with my Savior the single most important one in my life? Does everyone and everything else come in a distant second or less to Him? I am called to be His alone, sanctified through grace.

According to Merriam-Webster, sanctification means being set apart for a sacred purpose. In the world that knows me, am I so aligned with the truth of Jesus’ love and sacrifice that it is all that others see? Am I “set apart” for His purpose? Do I pray to be sanctified or satisfied?

Chambers writes, “Am I willing to reduce myself simply to ‘me,’ determinedly to strip myself of all my friends think of me, all I think of myself, and to hand that simple naked self over to God? Immediately I am, He will sanctify me wholly, and my life will be free from earnestness in connection with everything but God.” This seems impossible, for I still need to live in the world, but I wonder what would happen if I prayed earnestly to be sanctified. This truly is the ultimate path for a believer. I wonder what would happen if we all willingly placed our feet on this path without a fight. It is so difficult to fathom, and yet…