HOLY
is the word
that sets God apart . . .
HOLY
means God is alive on God's terms,
beyond our experience and imagination.
HOLY
refers to life
burning with intense purity
that transforms everything it touches into itself.
One of the stubbornly enduring habits
of the human race
is to insist on domesticating God.
We are determined to tame him.
We figure out ways to harness God to our projects.
We try to reduce God to a size
that conveniently fits our plans and ambitions and tastes.
But our Scriptures are even more stubborn
in telling us that we can't do it.
God cannot be fit into our plans,
we must fit into his.
We can't use God -
God is not a tool or appliance or credit card.
HOLY
is the word
that sets God apart . . .
by Euguene Peterson
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