One key significant link to the holiness of God is prayer and, if I may add, fasting. When we turn to God in prayer, either as a church or as an individual, we are doing something that is holy, which is to say, we are making some conscious connection to the source of holiness — God.
R. A. Torrey writes, “We should never utter one syllable in prayer, in public or private, until we’re definitely conscious that we are coming into the presence of God and actually praying to Him.” And here’s why it’s important that we recognize to whom we are talking: it gives us a needed perspective. We are a holy people in the sense that we affix ourselves consciously to the One who is by definition, Holy.
The month of July marks the second half of the year — a chance to step back, assess, and evaluate our year so far as we are continuing to work our way through our theme “Be Holy.” Without looking back and reflecting, it’s hard to determine and gauge where we have been and how far we have come in a short period. It’s all about that personal and communal growth in holiness and godliness.
Progress in personal holiness and godliness requires the cultivation of habits of prayer and fasting, both alone and with others. In Colossians 4:2, the apostle Paul says to us all, “Devote yourselves to prayer.” As we choose to focus more deeply on prayer and fasting, God will bless us and strengthen our hearts for the challenging days ahead.
But the essence of real prayer and fasting is a cry for righteousness, a cry for holiness. I want you to know that this is really the essential part of prayer and fasting. Prayer and fasting more than anything else is the cry of the redeemed heart, the cry of the child of God for righteousness which he knows should be true of his life. However, it is violated repeatedly by sin. That’s the substance that real prayer is made of.
May I encourage you in your prayer life, and in our prayer and fasting time, that your prayer, our prayer should primarily focus on hunger for righteousness and yearning for holiness. I’m telling you, if that becomes the dynamic in your prayer life, it will change your life and the life of our church. The cry of the heart is for true righteousness, true holiness; and to the one who is truly righteous and holy comes all the blessing of God.
Someone says, “God is not melted into compassion by the heat of our words—but by the holiness of our hearts.” Charles H. Spurgeon beautifully puts it, “Holiness is essential to power in prayer: the life must knock while the lips ask and the heart seeks.” A holy life in every phase is a life of consecration with prayer. And how does all this affect holiness? It affects it directly and in every aspect. Your growth and mine into the likeness of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ will be in exact proportion to the time and to the heart we put into prayer and fasting.
Pastor Ronel G. Rubrica
Head Pastor, KBCF
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