Leviticus 10:3
Then Moses said to Aaron, “This is what the Lord meant when he said,‘I will display my holiness through those who come near me.I will display my glory before all the people.’”And Aaron was silent. New Living Translation.
What is "God's Holiness"? For that matter what is "Holiness"?
When I was a kid, I would go to Sunday School and Church and hear of God's Holiness, or Holy God, all kinds of stuff about this word "Holy" I would wonder what Holiness really was. In my mind I would just figure God was full of Holes and therefore "HOLY" I would picture God sitting there on his throne, and water would be pouring out all His holes, and fall down on to the Earth. This must be how it rains, (Don't remember thinking that part but I could have!!)
It is so amazing what can come from the mouths of babes. It is also so true.
No, I am not saying God is full of holes, but what I am saying is that through God's Holiness, we all can all be holy.
Looking through my childlike mind, I can see that picture there, it made perfect sense to me, God had physical holes all over Him, and through those holes came the goodness that poured on us down here on the Earth.
We see the word "Holy or Holiness" in the scripture allot. But what does it really mean? The dictionary defines Holy as:" exalted or worthy of complete devotion as one perfect in goodness and righteousness "
So, by that definition, there is NO one except God that can be Holy. So why does He want us to be holy? I don't think I or anyone here on Earth will ever achieve pure true Holiness. But God wants us to try anyway. Why try for something we will never achieve? Is God playing a game on us, putting out the cheese, but pulling it away if we ever get close enough to grab it? No that is not God's nature. You see I bet your parents, and maybe even your teachers told you when you were little that you could be whatever you wanted in life, even the President of the United States. Do you really think they expected you to become the President? More then likely no, it could happen but the odds were pretty against that happening.But did that stop them from telling you that? Of course not, they wanted you to try, to soar, to achieve greatness in you life. Why would it be any different with God?
God wants us to constantly strive for Holiness (Perfection, according to Webster) It doesn't matter if we achieve it here on this Earth or not, all that matters is that we look at the only true Holy God, and model our lives after Him.
Does this mean we won't make mistakes? Of course not, we are human at least for now, in Heaven there will be no mistakes. But by making mistakes, learning from them, asking for forgiveness from them, acknowledging you made them, we grow ever so slowly toward His "Holiness".
Please don't get me wrong, we will NEVER be little God's as some religions think, we will be humans always until we get to heaven with God. Even then we will worship the one and true God for ever. God is perfect , without sin (Holy) we are not, God is God and I am I. There is no changing that. He is Holy and I am not. But through His holiness I can become more complete.
Back to our Holey God, you see from Him we are whole, No God is not Holey, he is not full of holes, but He is Holy, so that through Him we can become whole.
Keep striving for Holiness, and when Jesus comes back and we all go to Heaven with Him, the practice will have paid off, we all will be.