A Call to Holy Living

 


1 Peter 1:13-16

13So then, have your minds ready for action. Keep alert and set your hope completely on the blessing which will be given you when Jesus Christ is revealed. 14Be obedient to God, and do not allow your lives to be shaped by those desires you had when you were still ignorant. 15Instead, be holy in all that you do, just as God who called you is holy. 16 The scripture says, “Be holy because I am holy.”

Even after God redeemed the Israelites from Egypt, they still longed for the pleasures of Egypt. The went back to idols of Egypt even at the foot of the mountain of God (while God was still talking to Moses). They craved for the meet and delicacies of Egypt and grumbled against God.

How are we living? Are we craving worldly pleasures all the time? Or are we finding joy in communing with Jesus like Moses at Sinai? 

The Lord is waiting for us. He yearns for us to commune with him. Would you be alert today, avoid running to the pleasures of Egypt and seek to live a holy life pleasing to Jesus?

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