A Holy Calling

When sin plagues our lives and we feel like there isn’t anything we can do to ever get “right” with God we need to remember that it is through the grace of God that we are saved in the first place.  Yes, there are certain commands that God has given us to become Christians.  For example, Acts 2:38 says that we are to be baptized for the remission of our sins.  However, we cannot “work” our way into heaven or into a right relationship with God.  So even when we sin we have to ask for forgiveness and trust in him and continue on in our journey as a Christian.  If we dwell on what we have done then all it does is cloud our relationship with him.  It keeps us off focus.    2 Timothy 1: 8-9 says, “Therefore do not be ashamed of the testimony about our Lord, nor of me his prisoner, but share in suffering for the gospel by the power of God, who saved us and called us to a holy calling, not because of our works but because of his own purpose and grace, which he gave us in Christ Jesus before the ages began.”  If you have obeyed the gospel then you have been called to a holy calling.  But remember it is not because of your works but it is because of HIS own purpose and grace.  So stop feeling ashamed, unworthy, unloved, for all of the past mistakes you have made.  Remember that God erases sin.  Allow him to cleanse you of your past and strengthen you for your own “holy calling.”