I don’t know about you, but I have not arrived at the place where I would call myself “holy.” I am being made holy, every day, as I press in closer to Jesus and learn how to be more like Him.

Jesus considers us perfect because of His completed sacrifice, but He also knows that the work in us is ongoing. We are “being made holy.”

God’s will is not to leave us where He finds us but to move us forward with Him, being made holy. Jesus sacrificed Himself once for all time (even for those who lived before the days of Jesus). God’s heartfelt desire is that we be made holy and He needs our cooperation to help make that happen in our lives. He will not take over our free will choices; we have to choose daily to serve and to want to be more like Jesus and more pleasing to God as we become more holy in His sight.

Jesus is our High Priest and He finished the work that the Father sent Him to do. Then He sat down. When do you sit down? When your work is done…when you have done all you can. Now the work of becoming holy is on us…we have to work towards being more like Jesus. No, we are not saved by works, but we can please out Heavenly Father by becoming more holy every day. Every day is a new day to make new choices that will honor and glorify God. Make good choices!