God is Holy

Holy is a word that I never really understood growing up. Sure people would say, "literally it means set apart", but then they would go on and expound on the word. I got the understanding that holy had some sort of moral component to it...or perhaps it was a word of praise like hallelujah. People would throw in the word holy when other words fell short or just did not quite hit the mark. It seemed like everybody would just agree because they did not fully grasp the lofty meaning of the "divine" word. I have come to realize that, sometimes, humans, and in this context, Christians, tend to give more meanings to words than was originally intended. So I look at the word holy and what does it mean? It means set apart. It has no hidden meaning giving it a higher calling of a word. It means set apart. God is not like creation. He is set apart. There is no power as great as God's. He is set apart. There is no love like God. He is set apart. Who is wise like our God? He is set apart. God alone deserves glory. He is set apart. Nothing compares to God. There is no one like Him. There is no one beside Him. He is holy. Let us not give an unknown meaning to a word and miss out on what many of the writers from the Bible were trying to convey. God is a set apart entity that no person, animal, natural force, idea, or any other thing can come close to comparing to his divine nature. This divine nature that beckons for all of creation to bring glory to. Let us give glory accordingly.

Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord God Almighty, who was and is and is to come. Revelation 4:8