Building Up Yourselves on your Most Holy Faith

I like the way the KJV puts Jude 20: "But ye, beloved, building yourselves up on your most holy faith." What struck me as I read this verse was that one has to work at one's faith.

It is not enough for someone else to build up your faith, though that is certainly a good thing. You must build yourself up. I take that to mean that I must apply myself to understanding and growing in my relationship with Christ. Growth will not come by osmosis, by hanging around other mature Christians and sucking up their maturity. Growth comes when I do the hard work of building myself up by getting into the word daily and by praying.

It is a "most holy faith" we pursue; we ought to pursue it with all diligence on our part.