When God tells us to be holy, He does not mean that we are to withdraw into exclusive societies. To be witnesses, we cannot separate ourselves from the world around us. We are to be "in the world, but not of the world." Being holy, as it looks to the world at large, is that visible, active, giving love, that shines and flows out from us when we come alongside to help and care for others.
Jesus gave us that perfect example of participative support. When we could not go to Him, He came to us. He came to us where we are, as we are. When we saw Him, we realized that He was something better, because He chose to accompany us in our pain and sorrow. He experienced what we experience. He lifted and carried our load, Himself, voluntarily.
That is why we came to desire that Love for ourselves. We saw in Him what we wanted to be, what we should be, what we were created to be, and what, in Him, we will be.
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God has indeed walked in our shoes and knows the struggles and temptations we face. Because of this He is all the more able to understand what is going on in our lives, and help us to overcome. He then calls us to seek to walk alongside others to help them! Chris
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