Holiness

A little counsel I received from the Lord regarding this often misunderstood virtue:

"Did you know that you do not make yourself holy?  I make you holy, based on your acceptance of my invitations in your life.  Your openness to my actions, your allowing Me to take up residence in your heart.  This creates holiness.  On your own, it is impossible to be truly holy.  Good actions are rooted in pleasing self first.  True holiness is Me acting through you for the greater glory of God.  All true holiness originates from Me.  This is why humility and obedience are "keys" to holiness.  These keys allow me to enter and take up residence in your heart.  When I call a soul to holiness, these are the first keys given.  They "unlock" a prideful heart.  The heart can only be unlocked from the inside-by you."