The Highway to Holiness

We continue to pursue ‘Holiness’ in Scripture today. Isaiah 35 talks about a wilderness and solitary place, perhaps you have experienced such a place in your life. But the Spirit of God goes on to say, “the desert shall rejoice;” that is the dry place in our life will rejoice and blossom as the Rose.  If Christ is in our life, then the Rose of Sharon abides in us and if we allow Him to, He will come forth from within and cause as to blossom in Him.  This is our thrust in these Messages that as we grow in Christ, we will pursue His Holiness, we will pursue ‘right standing’ in Him.  The Holy Ghost is our convictor, the One who continues to alert us to the areas that need change in our lives. There is a Highway of Holiness, it is narrow according to Matt 7:13-14. The Lord admonishes us:  “Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat: 14 Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, [And note this final thought in this Passage of Scripture] and few there be that find it.”  The Prophets of old continue to reach out to us as we read in Isaiah 40. It speaks of John the Baptist as a voice crying in the wilderness, “Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make a straight in the desert a Highway for our God.” Again in Isaiah 62 “go through the gates, prepare ye the way of the people… gather out the stones, Lift up a standard for the people…” The desire in the heart of God as Isaiah prophecies is: “That the Glory of the Lord shall be revealed and all flesh shall see it together: for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken!”  His Glory shall be revealed C as we prepare in our life the Highway of Holiness and note our life effects others, for the Lord desires all His people to recognize His Glory.  Thus our lives are the teaching element that He has placed in this world. Let us go through the Gates of Holiness, let us cast out the stones, let us lift up a standard for God in this moment and time! For we are His witnesses, we are the Body of Christ. Hear the Word of the Proverb 16:17  “The Highway of the upright is to depart from evil: he that keepeth his way preserveth his soul. Isaiah reminds us: “A Highway shall be there, a way, and it shall be called the Highway of Holiness.” ~ Isaiah 35:8    Let us pursue the narrow way together …     Loving you, Pastor