"And in him you too are being built together to become a dwelling in which God lives by his Spirit"
Ephesians 2:22
I think it's safe to say that most - if not all - Christians sometimes get too caught up in the pleasures of this world that we all just kind of forget that they are not important in comparison to what we have waiting for us in the eternal. Is it our fault that we forget? Highly likely. Because sometimes, we just get too busy, too wrapped up in our own little world that our clear vision of God's promises for us gets blurred all of a sudden. Worse, sometimes we try to justify the mistakes we have committed - whether it be drinking, smoking or some other things that keep us from being like Jesus.
The first half of chapter 2 of Ephesians reminds us of how we have been saved; how there really was nothing we could have done to earn that gift of salvation - how there is still nothing we could do to say that we saved ourselves from God's wrath. It was his grace, his love that saved. And believing that, accepting that fact means that we have accepted the Spirit to dwell in us - to be with us constantly. So how do we expect the Spirit to have a pleasant stay in us when we haven't cleaned our even prepared a room for it to stay at?
We can never be God-holy. But he helps us to be so; and I think it is just rude to bite the hand that feeds you right? If we want to be holy, if we want the Spirit to have a pleasant stay, then we need to commit ourselves to doing, saying, thinking things that is pleasing to God - even if it means discomfort and conflicts on our parts. He's God, and he always has the final say on everything.
And if we say that we truly and sincerely love him, then there really shouldn't be anything that should stop us from doing this. Right?
Hay. Dear self, please be reminded of this, ok?
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