Should we wait around until we have become so holy and relational that we are finally ready to go out and do the ministry; or, should we grow as we go? What is more important? Is “being” more important or is “doing” more important? What if those aren’t our only two options?

Maybe hearing from our God and staying connected to Him are the important issues. It is possible that God never intended to make us holy. He could be trying to get us connected to holiness and then let that holiness shine through our relationships to others. Maybe spiritual connectedness is the important issue.

I don’t know about you; but, if I start being holy, I am going to really feel proud about it. If the holiness I am experiencing is God flowing through me, I am going to be more prone to give Him the glory. We’ve had a lot of man’s holiness over the years. In Jesus’ time the Pharisees and Sadducees were perfect examples of people who thought they had become pretty holy. They were so sure they had achieved it they completely missed the Son of God in their midst. That can happen to us. Us getting a certain holiness from God, claiming that holiness for ourselves, and trying to do godly things because of who we think we have become, causes us to miss out on what God is doing.