Set Apart.

"Look carefully then how you walk,

not as unwise, but as wise, 

making the best use of time, 

because the days are evil. "

- Ephesians 5:15-1

As Christians, we are told that we are set apart by God, to do different things as the world do. To react differently to the same situation as how a non-believer would react. Has culture been moulded in so much to what us Christians believe in? Have we become "less rigid" to what the bible say with the excuse that it was written to the people of the olden times and it cannot be applied to the modern culture? How do we draw the line between biblical commandments and modern cultural changes?

How are we to be set apart for Christ? Is it just preaching the Gospel and loving others with the love that Christ had shown on the Cross? What if something had happened that you know it isn't aligned with the commandment of God, what do you do next? Do you keep quiet, holding in the guilt and shame of not being able to stand up, or do you confront the other person? What do you do, if something happened, not to you, but you still feel uncomfortable with it? Should you just keep silence the whole way through, and allow the situation to be a norm?

I fail to be more Christ-like every minute of everyday, I fail to follow the commandment of God each day. But the grace of God seems to be more immense each day, not that the grace had grown more each day, but because I realize of my sinfulness, my filth, my dirt and ugliness on the inside. The darkest part of me that no one sees, God sees them, and is disgusted by them. And the fact that I don't deserve any part of His love and His grace in my life, just have a bigger impact to me.

Which part of me deserved someone to love me unconditionally?
Which part of me deserved the Son of God?
Which part of me deserved the Son of God to die on the Cross for me?
None. I deserve nothing of the above. The truth is that, I am a sinner, I still am. And I deserved death and the ultimate wrath of the Father, for my disobedience, for my greed, my lust, my judgemental heart and mind, my pride, my ego, my sinfulness. But yet Christ came, and through Christ and through the Cross, all that I've failed to be, all that I've failed at, to love others, to obey God's commandments, to worship Him all the days of my life, all of it, Christ fulfilled by living the perfect life, being the perfect sacrifice, for me, for my sins.

I have done nothing to deserve this grace, but yet I receive this grace only through Christ alone. Only through Christ, we can be reconciled to the Father of Creation. And my life, is not enough to be thankful for this grace, because I've failed big time. But Christ hasn't, and God saves. He really do.

All my shame, 
All I've failed to be
Is nailed upon that Cross
And left at Calvary

Hannah