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SANCTIFICATION – A LIFELONG JOURNEY
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 27
1 Thessalonians 5:23

Philippians 1:1-7

 

“…preserved blameless unto

the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.”

 

SANCTIFICATION – A LIFELONG JOURNEY
 
How long will the process of sanctification take? When will I be more holy and more free from sin? Why is it that after being a believer for so long, I still find myself giving in to temptation and stumbling into sin? It can be a frustrating thing – yearning for sanctification yet not maturing as fast as we would like to. On our part, we must continue to fulfil our human responsibility in seeking after God and His Word. But we must also have patience and faith in the Lord, trusting that He will in His perfect time and will, keep us “blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.”
 
Know that sanctification is a lifelong journey. It begins at the point of our salvation and will continue all through our life until the day we die or when the Lord returns. There should never be a point in our life where we think that we are holy enough for God and are sufficiently sanctified. Rather, the opposite is true. When we grow in our spiritual maturity, we become more and more sensitive to sin. As we study God’s Word more, we learn of the perfection of God’s holiness and the terribleness of sin. We become more aware of our own unworthiness and realise how much we need Christ in this life. This was the struggle of the Apostle Paul when he cried in Romans 7:19, “For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do.” It is not to say that he was terribly sinful, but it was precisely because of his thorough knowledge of the law of God that he was conscious of every little sin.
 
The assurance we have is that God is the one working in us. Through the guidance of the Holy Spirit, we are led to grow in our sanctification. Each day, He enables us to grow a little more in our spiritual maturity, to commit a little less sin, and be a little more holy. We must trust the process that God has planned for us, for we are confident that “He which hath begun a good work (of salvation) in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ” (Phil 1:6). As we look forward to that day, let us abide in Christ and trust in His work in our lives.
 
THOUGHT: How have I grown in the Lord since the day I was saved?
PRAYER: Father, help me to wait upon Thee and trust always in Thy guidance in my life.

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