KEEP YOURSELF PURE
Today's reading: 1 Timothy 4-6

"...Keep yourself pure." 1 Timothy 5:22 NLT

Easier said than done, you mumble?

Sounds like a good plan, you whisper, but is it do-able?

Sure I can, you say, by staying in my home, in my bedroom, in my closet--forever!

It is possible to remain pure in this day and age, but it will take a little effort on our part.

We're going to have to do what uncommon.

We're going to have to stand out.

We're going to have to stand up.

We're going to have to refuse to participate at times.

We're going to be the only one participating at others.

We're going to have to say 'No' to some things.

We're going to need to say 'Yes' to others.

We're going to have to follow God's lead, even when we seem to be the only ones doing it.

It can be done. It must be done.

I love this quote--I think it sums up what God's done for us...

'The greatest miracle God can do is to take an unholy person out of an unholy world, make them holy, put them back into the unholy world and keep them holy.'     -Leonard Ravenhill