Set Me Apart

A lot has been on my heart lately.

God has seemed be giving me a "wake up call" in my life.

The topic on my heart for the past few weeks has been being SET APART.

There are so many things that I, as a Christian, have became insensitive to in my life. Things that are not the things I should be thinking of, watching, reading about, etc.

Sometimes it's easy to go with the flow, become numb to the sin that surrounds us every day that our culture makes so acceptable, and forget that as Christians God calls us to a higher standard. Reading books like "Radical" by David Platt goes into detail about what the GOSPEL really says and that to be true FOLLOWERS of Christ we must TAKE UP OUR CROSS AND FOLLOW HIM. WE MUST BE SET APART. WE CAN'T BE A FOLLOWER OF CHRIST AND LOOK LIKE THE WORLD.

At one point in my life I had become really in tune with the Holy Spirit directing my pathes, convicting me about areas that were not uplifting and of good report... I threw away magazines, CDs, revealing clothes.... but somehow little by little they slipped back in. I can watch the news on the latest celebrities and be intrigued about their lives-- which are usually not godly or to be looked up to.  We can have a movie playing that has a small cuss word here and there and I don't find myself being as bothered by it.  I could go on and on about things that as a Christian I have to constantly be on guard for or I will let slip back in my life.

And lately, God has really put these things on my heart.... He has made me aware that He wants me to be more set apart. I want people to know that there are things as a Christian I don't do or won't support.

And it's not always popular.
Actually, it's not at all....

And it won't make you any friends to stand up for what you believe in.


Another thing-- you aren't being judgmental when you say something is wrong.
The Bible clearly says what is right and wrong. Jesus taught right from wrong. Not to criticize or make the people who were doing it feel bad, but to hopefully open their eyes to the truth so they may follow Him and find life MORE ABUNDANT. Life with true joy and purpose. Things the world won't give us.

There are a long list of things that God has put on my heart lately about how He wants me to be set apart from the world. It won't happen overnight, I have a lot of work to do, but I want it to be evident in my life. Even if it means not being popular or standing up for something when it's hard....

What is God calling you away from in your life by calling you closer to Himself?