The Highway of Holiness
Following the prophesies of judgment in Isaiah 35 the prophet
paints a beautiful picture of the future blessings that await God’s redeemed
people.
Those who love football may remember that ‘Wembley Way ’ was the road way to the
stadium for those who had tickets to the football matches at Wembley. In
ancient times there were specially designated roads between temples that only
to those who were ceremonially clean could use. In v8 of chapter 35 Isaiah introduces
the ‘highway of holiness’. The picture is of a very special highway, made by
God for his people, and built up away from the pressures and dangers of the
world. The ‘unclean’ will not journey on it, the highway is ‘for those who walk
in that way’
Roy Hessian’s little book The Calvary Road, very simply outlines that
the way to walk on the Highway of Holiness
is through surrendering our lives to the Lord
He
writes ‘So this is the Highway life. It is no new
astounding doctrine. It is not something new for us to preach. It is quite
unspectacular. It is just a life to live day by day in whatever circumstances
the Lord has put us. It does not contradict what we may have read or heard
about the Christian life. It just puts into simple pictorial language the great
truths of sanctification. To start to live this life now will mean revival in
our lives. To continue to live it will be revival continued. Revival is just
you and I walking along the Highway in complete oneness with the Lord Jesus and
with one another, with cups continually cleansed and overflowing with the life
and love of God’.
Today let us surrender our
thoughts and our actions and our motives and our relationships, to the Lord and
choose to walk on the Highway of Holiness.
(husband and wife)