Day 65 - How Holy is Holy?

"If we get the fear of The Lord and stay holy He will do the miraculous and bring revival. Will we be faithful, stay together, love one another, be holy, forgive quickly and walk in the Spirit?" 

This thought came out of a staff meeting where we were discussing a billboard. Our church has been known for being 'in your face' with the messages and our approach. We had a billboard that said 'No Bull, Only the Truth at The Rock Church'. We all loved it and even had T-shirts made that some of our members wear to this day. 

For Easter we had an image of the bull wearing bunny ears and buck teeth and it said 'No Bunny, Celebrate Easter at The Rock'. Our Sr. Pastors didn't like the design and made the statement that Easter is holy and shouldn't be a joke; not even on a billboard to get people to Easter services at church. 

Then the question was asked 'How holy is holy?' We lingered here. I would encourage you to stop and ask yourself that question. How holy is holy? When God asks us to be holy as He is holy what does that mean? What does that look like? How holy is that? 

We have a society that asks how close can they get to the edge before falling off. They get angry at boundaries and then shame people who fail. The double standard is hypocritical and unjust. God hates an unjust scale by the way. So then how holy is holy? 

Holiness has been mocked and downplayed but holy living is where every Christian should endeavor to live. To be holy means that we are exclusively God's. He has our full attention and obedience. We need to put away the evil things from our lives. We cannot compromise and live worldly any longer. We should be marked and separate. People should think we are weird or radical because we shun evil; even the appearance of it. 

We ended up making the billboard say 'Easter is Holy at The Rock Church'. We were probably the only ones who knew what that meant but God used it to speak to the Inland Empire as they passed the sign on the 10 Freeway that month. He is also using it today, a year later, to remind us to ask ourselves how holy is holy. 

What are some practical ways to be holy in everyday life? What does the statement 'how holy is holy' say to you?