"Step One and Done!" -2

"Sing unto the LORD, O ye saints of His, and give thanks at the remembrance of His holiness." (Psalms 30:4) To tell you the truth, I never have been to much of a twelve step fan, although I am sure it works well for those that need it; most of the time I subscribe to more of the three step plan, which is "Rise, Take up thy bed, And walk"; and when things are really critical, there is always the one step plan, which is, "Come Forth!" But we really are not talking about salvation here, we are talking about giving thanks to the God that has saved us and given us eternal life! Notice that it says, "O ye saints of His", because we are chosen to be His saints, which puts another meaning of the word "holiness" into account. The word that David uses, and that has been translated to "holiness" is the word 'qodesh', which is also a word that means 'My Holy Name', holy garments, Thy Holy Spirit, and holy gems, an image of the nobles of the people, with an allusion to the breast-plate of the high priest. The general idea is that all those things that are spoken of are the things which belong to God and that He has established; these are the things which have been made Holy and are to be considered Holy, because He has made it so. Now then; if you are indeed one of His saints, then guess what that means! You guessed it; you have been made Holy!!! The problem is, that for many of us that walk in this world of sin and death, even though we have been counted as 'His Holy Ones', we still don't get the part about being holy; it's just too easy to see the evilness, and way too hard to see the holiness; but the holiness is there, it's just a matter of where we are looking! Look to Jesus... "Wherefore, seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is before us, LOOKING UNTO JESUS the Author and Finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God." (Hebrews 12:1 & 2)