Many of us aspire to a type of personal holiness that providence must deny us access. We have ideas, hopes, and dreams about the kind of Christians we want to be, but they are not in keeping with the reality of what saints actually are. We imagine God’s people to be something none of them are and then aim our efforts at the wrong model. We want things for ourselves which God does not desire or require. This is not because we are more refined in our tastes than God, but because we are too hipster to see what's actually good for us.
1 Thessalonians 5:23-24
And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. Faithful is He that calleth you, who also will do it.
Sanctification is an act of God. No one can become more godly without God's intervention. Our intentions often take us off course. Combine that with our ineptitude at getting there and you get a tragic ending… unless He interferes. And by His grace, He does.
If God does not change our aspirations, our inclinations are deadly.
If God does not provide an inspiration,
our destination is always a dead end.
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