Not Just A Nice Person

 

Consecrate yourselves, therefore,

and be holy,

for I am the LORD your God.

Keep My statutes

           and do them;

I am the LORD

   who sanctifies you.

        Leviticus 20. 7-8

God says in no uncertain terms,

          Be Mine.

That people will not only see us

    as different or just nice,

           but that we are Yours.

Because the LORD is our God,

we have the freedom to live differently

             in this broken world.

May we set our minds,

set our hearts,

set ourselves apart to love God,

  love others,

and take another path through.

The sacred is instituted, 

not just in listening to what

  God says in His Word,

not just agreeing with Him,

                  but by doing,

putting God's love into action

in our work and relationships

      and daily choices.

O LORD,

May we be known as Yours.

May we be marked by

     Your anointing

  and Your appointing.

Help us and guide us

  in setting ourselves apart

in whatever we do today

in Your name,

for Your Kingdom,

  and for Your glory.

Others are not just watching us,

but desperately want to know 

      You are real

and that You transform lives.