Leviticus 11:44. “For I am the Lord your God: ye shall therefore sanctify yourselves, and ye shall be holy; for I am holy: neither shall ye defile yourselves with any manner of creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth, for I am the Lord that bringeth you up out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: ye shall therefore be holy for I am holy.”
BE HOLY. You once lived in Egypt, but you are no longer there; The food that you ate in that land, Is not right for you - your life with God share; He is Lord – you obey His command.
From food to your clothing, from family to friends; There are rules to live your life by. The Lord, He is God – I must bow to Him when My choice is to live my life holy.
There are things I won’t do, and places I won’t go; There are ways God intends me to live. Egypt is past; to its ways I say, “No.” To be holy, my will to God give.
My words and my deeds, I can’t allow to defile This life lived, the way God has planned. To be holy means separate from sin that’s allowed, Whose actions will leave me condemned.
The Lord brought us out, so why should I turn Back to those things God delivered me from. To be holy for God, I must live for Him here; Peculiar to all that’s around.
That is why He saved us, that from God’s people now, There will a testimony clear to be seen. For the nations around, all need to know how They can believe and be brought safe to heaven.
To compromise truth, even with motives so high, Is not that which will bring men to God. God wants us like Him, the truth we will buy, When we live holy, the way that we should.
“To be holy seems impossible Father God, until I recognize that Your will for me is not hard. When I am doing what You want, in Your way, and in Your time – holiness is the result. It is not natural, I know, but in a sense, the spiritual becomes reasonable when I am simple enough to be separated unto You. Give to Your weak servant the strength in the feet, hands, mouth, eyes – in every part of me – to be holy. In the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, Amen.”