God's Standard

A Muddy Bootprint for May 16, 2025

“The very nature of God’s holiness consists in this: it is willing Himself as the last end to work all things as suitable to His own infinite excellency.” ~Jeremiah Burroughs, 1647

Holiness is God’s standard.

Holiness is a hard word. It’s hard because it’s heavenly: godliness isn’t natural to me.

Holy is not something I hope to be. It’s something I have to be. God insists on it. God demands holiness of me because He put His holiness in me when He saved me.

I hem and haw about holiness when I believe that I contribute something to being holy. I don’t. All of the things that make me holy come from God, not me. Love, faith, goodness, and kindness all come from God. Hope, joy, strength, and courage do, too.

Holiness is all of God and none of me.

I can’t make myself holy. God does that. God expects me to work out the holiness He’s already put in me. Godliness is when others see God’s pure life in me. It’s Jesus living His life in me, not me living mine! Holiness is impossible when I choose to live by my feelings instead of by faith in Jesus.

I harm the cause of Christ when I don’t take holiness seriously. I profane His gospel when I take a flier on not being pure. I play fast and loose with my salvation when I allow the world to affect my worship.

Attack Point: Godly people are holy people. Be holy.

Orienting Your Map:

[Key Verses: Psalm 31:23-24; 1 Peter 1:14-16; Also: Exodus 15:11; Leviticus 11:44, 19:2, 20:7, 26; Deuteronomy 7:6; 1 Samuel 2:2; 2 Chronicles 6:41; Psalm 4:3, 37:28, 96:9, 97:10, 98:1, 119:9, 145:10; Proverbs 20:25; Isaiah Ch. 6, Isaiah 35:8, 57:15; Ezekiel 36:23; Matthew 5:48, 12:36; Mark 1:24; John 14:17; Acts 2:38; Romans 6:22, 8:10, 12:1; 1 Corinthians 3:16-17, 6:19-20; 2 Corinthians 4:6-7, 7:1; Galatians 2:20; Ephesians 1:4, 2:10; Philippians 2:12-13; Colossians 1:27; 1 Thessalonians 4:1-7, 5:23; 2 Timothy 1:9, 2:21; Hebrews 7:26, 12:14; 1 Peter 2:9; 1 John 3:3; Revelation 4:8, 15:3-4]

That is all.

Carry On. 😉