“Karen’s Notes!

Insights from a Glory-Bound Lady”

Selected Notes

Volume 4  Number 7 “So Blessed to Belong to Our Awesome Holy God!”

February 17th, 2021

Only the Lord Jesus lived a perfectly holy life. We understand that; however, as a believer, it does matter how we think and act. The Christian life is not adhering to a lengthy list of don’t do this and don’t do that. It is, rather, embracing by faith the Lord Jesus Who is the love of our lives and seeking to please Him. Karen wrote about this, and I am happy to share her thoughts.

She underlined the following verse in her Bible. “Because it is written, be ye holy: for I am holy” (1 Peter 1:16). In the margin of her Bible she once again placed a very large asterisk.

In her Bible study journal she wrote down a few things as she was thinking about the way people responded to hardship. Karen was treated, often on a weekly basis, at one of the large and very busy cancer practices in our area. She observed how people under duress thought, spoke, and acted. She greatly desired to live in a holy way in public and private on the good days as well as on the hard. She was really beginning to have many more hard days than easy ones. She didn’t write too much at this time. So her words really bless me. I hope they do you as well.

Karen wrote: “Holiness. I define it as separation to God; conduct befitting those so separated. Holiness pleases the Lord our God. Holiness will enable us to respond in a Christ-like manner in the time of temptation (from Satan) or the time of testing (from God).”

Michael’s observation: The verse Karen underlined says, “Because it is written.” This refers back to Leviticus 11:44. I am grateful that holiness does not mean perfection. Karen didn’t live perfectly. Neither do I. As you well know, neither do you. But it does mean that in the happy days as well as the hard days we will live life in a set-apart, separated manner unto the Lord because we greatly desire to please Him. The Lord really wants to help us with this.