How different do you consider yourself to be? Not how you look or feel but the real you, your inner being, the way you think of yourself which is then lived out through your life.
Most folks don’t choose to spend much time in the Book of Leviticus. Yes there is an abundant amount of details about offerings, sacrifices and priestly practices which don’t readily relate to your life but…
Living in relationship with God is outlined in this book and nothing becomes clearer than the need to become ‘like’ Him. No, you are not required to become infinite or all-knowing or all-powerful but like Him in distinctiveness. We were created by Him in His image to live in His likeness but then we rebelled and tried doing life our way. When we again are welcomed back into relationship with Him, His expectation is that we will come into agreement with Him once again, to dedicate ourselves to being distinctly in His image, to express His values and character by our thoughts, actions and expressions
Identifying with the Lᴏʀᴅ is not a matter of casual affiliation, a joining of a relationship in which we retain our old image but a transformation where we consecrate ourselves in commitment to the covenant terms to live in His image. Yes, He is the enabler and it is by His ability that this transformation comes but it begins and is perpetuated by our giving ourselves over to His ways and purposes—coming into agreement with who He is. Dedicated to Him. And He is holy.