Sanctified, Not Weird

John 17:6-19

Sanctify. Christ-followers are to be sanctified. How? By the truth, specifically God’s Word (verse 17). What does “sanctify” mean? Well, I guess you could work backwards: It’s what happens when you let the truth that – or who – is God’s Word have its/his way with you. At least that’s a way to keep from getting put off by any baggage you might associate with the word “sanctify.”

One of the things I like about a less formal way of doing church is that it becomes a symbol of what sanctify means: It’s not an add on, like vestments or processions and responses now seem to be to me, but rather it has to do with what we allow God to build into our everyday life and living. How? Spend time in God’s Word. Don’t settle for what some guy writes about Scripture. Soak it up for yourself. And be sanctified.

Prayer:
Wonderful God, thank you that we can receive your Word together, and as a very personal matter. Let your truth shape my next hour, my next day, and reveal to me my destiny as being yours. Through Christ. Amen.