Extra-Ordinary

On Wednesday morning I have a ladies Bible study in our apartment. Two wonderful ladies from our apartment complex attend and we are enjoying a great study from the book of Daniel. We are reading the book of Daniel and watching the DVD study on Daniel by Beth Moore. It is really great.

Today we were discussing chapter 5 of Daniel..."the writing on the wall". Belshazzer took the holy vessels that were taken from the temple of God and drank from them while he was drunk and having a "great" party. He toasted from these vessels to the "gods" of gold and silver. He desecrated that which God has consecrated. He treated the holy as unholy. What a BIG mistake. He was killed.

Beth Moore pointed out that those who trust Jesus as their Savior, are also consecrated by God. Which means that we are reserved exclusively for God. When we accept Jesus into our lives He makes us holy. We are vessels for God, He pours His spirit into us. Lets not treat what God calls holy as unholy. We are to be different, we are to be EXTRA ordinary. Nothing makes Satan happier than for us to live unholy lives when we are holy. Our lives should look different, what we wear, what we watch, what we listen to, how we respond to people, etc. When people look at us do they see that we are being obedient to Jesus. I read a quote one time that said "when we become precious to God, we become important to Satan". But God loves us and He does not overlook Satan's mistreatment of His holy vessels. He did not look the other way when Belshazzer drank from and toasted false gods from the holy vessels from the temple and He will not look the other way when we treat His vessels (our lives) as unholy. God loves us so much He sent His only son to die for us, lets show Him we love Him back by living EXTRA ordinary lives for Him. He loves us but He is God and just as the writing on the wall told Belshazzer he had been weighed in the balances and found wanting, we must remember, God Is, God Knows, and God Acts.

Lets not make Satan happy lets make God proud to call us His sons and daughters. It is not always easy to do the right thing, it takes work, and when we fail we can ask forgiveness and God will forgive. Satan CANNOT desecrate what God has consecrated, He cannot remove us out of God's hands but lets show others that Christians are different, we are EXTRA-ORDINARY!!!