Holiness? How old fashioned.

I've started reading this awesome book called You can change by Tim Chester, and there're some epic quotes in it. One that particularly struck me is that:

"One of our problems is that we think of holiness as giving up things we enjoy out of a vague sense of obligation. But I'm convinced that holiness is always, always good news. God calls us to the good life. He's always bigger and better than anything sin offers."

How true. When was the last time you had to choose between being holy and doing what you wanted to do, and chose the former option without feeling like you were missing out on something? I know I still struggle with that at times.

But Tim's right - God calls us to the GOOD life, and it's important to remember that instead of seeing everything else as the good life, and the life we live in our Christian walk as second-best. There's much that can be said about the negative effects about sin on us and others, but for now, let it suffice to say that having created us, God is the only one who knows how we can live life to the fullest - and that's knowing, trusting and obeying our Creator.