PURPOSEFUL LIVING
Leviticus 19:2: “Speak to the entire assembly of Israel and say to them: ‘Be holy because I, the LORD your God, am holy.’”
What does this mean? How can we obey God's command to be holy?
Kadosh is the Hebrew root word for holy. The blessing over wine when sharing Christ in the sacrament of Communion is Kiddush. The blessing recited over a marriage is kedushin. When a person dies, a Jewish male says a prayer called the kaddish.
What do they teach us about holiness?
The blessing recited during the Sacrament of Communion is distinct [disTINKT] meaning separate from all other Sabbaths or holidays. The Believer stands before God, exclusively His. The blessing said over a marriage couple makes them distinct from other couples who have not vowed to remain exclusive to each other. The kaddish prays for the deceased to draw ever closer to God, separated from the living.
Kadosh means holy by means of separation. Drinking Christ’s blood or wine during the Sacrament or Holy Supper separates His Believers from all other people. The husband and wife promise to remain separate from all others, their holy union exclusive unto themselves. As the dead soul gathers closer to Holy God, the living dissolves into a separate realm.
Kadosh is the root of the word for holy, just as believers are separate, or set apart exclusively for God from the world. Christians are in the world but are not of the world. God wants His kids to mirror Christ in the world and be separate from all others of the world.
See lesson linked below.
All three situations separate from one thing in order to come closer to another. God’s idea of holiness are lives exclusively dedicated to serving Him. Holy lives abandon all stuff that subtracts from that purpose.
God has the right to ask His kids to be holy. He set us apart exclusively for Him.
Take Home Nugget
May Believers-in-Christ live purposeful lives, exclusive only to God. We know our purpose is to cooperate with God’s Spirit and grow spiritually into Christ-likeness. We recognize that our purpose is to share Christ with others who are lost. We accept our purpose to sprinkle Christ salt and shine His light throughout the world.
In short, everything we do lines up with God’s purpose.
When we forget his, we live “by accident.”
Mindless, self-indulgent acts never serve God. Living selfishly misses our target, the purpose why we were created. Do you want to live by accident or on purpose? If you choose purposeful living, you’re becoming holy!
Holy Father, help me to live a purposeful life that lines up with Your intention of why You created me. I ask this in Jesus’ Name, Amen.
Adapted from devotion “Living on Purpose” from Holy Land Moments.com. Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein. May 3, 2017.
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