Think of someone you know. Can you sum up their character in three words? Smart, determined, funny? Brilliant, quiet, generous? How about in one word?
It’s much harder to capture the essence of a complex person in a single word isn’t it?
And yet...
“... I will show my greatness and my holiness, and I will make myself known in the sight of many nations. Then they will know that I am the Lord.” - Ezekiel 38:23
The word ‘holy’ is used more than any other adjective to describe who the God of the Bible is. It’s His defining characteristic and His nature. It is His one word. Time and time again, the Old Testament writers return to use ‘holy’ - God’s favourite adjective.
In Ezekiel 38, God also shows us that His natural ‘holiness’ is far more about being than it is about doing. We get this round the wrong way sometimes, believing that holiness is about all the things you choose not to do. But here it just radiates as God’s absolute nature.
Today, think about how you would explain what holiness is to someone who asks. How does it ‘show the nations’ that He is the Lord? Pray and ask Him to show you what holiness looks like, and how you can reflect Him. Can it be a part of your nature too?
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