The Ordinary Christian life is one shaped by us cooperating with the Holy Spirit in and through our lives. That means Integrity, the letting your yes be yes and your no be no. It also means that when you are hard pressed you pray for guidance; when you have courage you praise; when sick prayers for healing; and when you need forgiveness you ask. The righteousness of God then being formed inside you will avail much and love will cover a multitude of sins. It is the ordinary (quite extra ordinary) life of a Christian.
So roll up your sleeves, put your mind in gear, be totally ready to receive the gift that’s coming when Jesus arrives. Don’t lazily slip back into those old grooves of evil, doing just what you feel like doing. You didn’t know any better then; you do now. As obedient children, let yourselves be pulled into a way of life shaped by God’s life, a life energetic and blazing with holiness. God said, “I am holy; you be holy. [1 Peter 1:13-16]
