Holy Ground

The past few days I have stood intentionally on Holy Ground. Realizing that wherever God is, there is Holy Ground.

God is Holy and He has made my body His dwelling place. I am in awe of this true fact and can see the attribute of God's grace in this truth. 1 Corinthians 6:19-20

When God called me to be His very own, set apart for Him, He called me to be Holy like He is Holy. So whatever I do, I am bringing God's holiness with me.

The past few days, Holy ground was at a camp, near a lake with about 50 beautiful children of God. All ages these children, from 9 to 50 years old. God's grace was sufficient for every soul that had breath during the few days we spent together.

As Truth was poured into the lives of God's children, we saw God, Holy and Pure before us. He spoke into our souls what He wanted us to hear. We are hungry and thirsty for the holiness of God. For His pure ways to craft us into all He ever wanted us to be.

O how He must love us...to want us to be Holy like He is Holy. God is love and His ways are the only ways that will settle us down and let us stand on Holy ground.

What I saw this weekend is we all have choices as children of God. We all get to choose what we will 'put on' and what we will 'put off'. Where we will stand or where we will fall. The thing is, God will always be Holy. He never will choose to put on something that isn't holy. His ground isn't shaky, it's solid. I long to never put on something that isn't holy & pure. And to be made to be holy & pure and blameless for my 1st Love, Jesus Christ. Jesus is Pure and when I come to Him, He washes me clean. Jesus is pure. I want to put on Jesus every day. Romans 13:14

Holiness in our lives is a dance of taking off and putting on. Being intentional about the ground we stand upon.

And the world we live in today has ground that gets dark, dirty, muddy and filled with deep holes that cause our feet to slip. In the darkness, my foot was caught in a deep muddy hole at the camp-ground that God's Holiness was present. Praise God, I didn't fall and I knew how to pull myself up out of that muddy, wet hole onto dry ground. We will always slip this side of Heaven. I thank God for that reminder this weekend. It keeps me humbly walking very close to my Holy God. I am thankful that God has given me the tools to walk with Him. Abide with Him and to see more and more the Holiness of God. To see what He means when He says to be Holy as I am Holy.

God's Holy ground is solid. It is high ground where we live above the dark, muddy holes.

Why do we want to lower the ground He wants us to stand on? The safe ground is the high ground.

At the end of the day, I am thankful for God's Word. Jesus prayed for us in John 17:17 that we would be be sanctified by the Truth ..and God's Word is Truth.

As I ponder the ground I stood on these past few days, I thank God for His Word. I know His Word has the power to protect us from the dirty ground and purify us for HIM.

'As obedient children, do not conform to the evil desires you had when you lived in ignorance. But just as He who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do; for it is written:

"Be Holy,because I am Holy.' 1 Peter 1:14-16