YOU CAN'T BE HOLY IN A HURRY, BUT YOU CAN TAKE ANOTHER STEP IN THAT DIRECTION TODAY.

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A message from a preacher - Bob Gass:

Before his conversion, St. Augustine was a "party animal." After becoming a Christian, he often walked home past a bar he'd frequented every night. One night, a prostitute, who assumed he'd finally "come back to his senses", approached him. But when they met, he walked right by her. In amazement, she called to him, "Augustine, don't you recognize who you just walked by? It's me!" For a moment he stopped, turned to her and said, "Yes, but it's no longer me!" Paul says, "If any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new" (2Corinthians 5:17).

When I was young, many of those claiming to be holy seemed harsh to me. They looked like they were enduring, rather than enjoying their religion. They were comfortable in church, but miserable everywhere else. Deep inside I knew something was wrong. Peter says' "His divine power has given as everything we need for life and Godliness" (2Peter 1:3). God will help you in both areas! He also says that through His Word "you might become partakers of the divine nature" (2 Peter 1:4). You have his very nature within you and that nature will cause you to grow up spiritually. As you do, holiness will be a natural outgrowth of your relationship with God.

Remember, you can't be holy in a hurry, but you can take another step in that direction today.