1 Peter 2:1 (NRSV)
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Chapter 2Rid yourselves, therefore, of all malice, and all guile, insincerity, envy, and all slander.
Devotion
During Lent we often get into the kind of housecleaning Peter describes. We’re pushing for “holier” lives. That’s not necessarily a bad thing, but it may finally be a tricky thing. Tricky because in the last analysis I cannot make myself holy. God’s Holy Spirit can and will make me holy if I can get out of the way. This lovely process we call “sanctification” (being made a saint) is not something I do for myself, but something God does to and for me.
Prayer
Great remodeler of our lives: go to work on me. I’m a fixer-upper. Make me into a mansion fit for your habitation. Amen.