Highway to Holiness

Without holiness there is no revival or renewal.

Holiness is a key component, not only in the House of God, as Psalm 93:5 says, “Holiness adorns Your house, O Lord, forever,” but also in the heart of God’s people. The Apostle Paul said that God hasn’t called us to uncleanness, but holiness, 1 Thessalonians 4:7.

The writer of Hebrews says, “Pursue peace with all people, and holiness, without which no one will see the Lord.” (Hebrews 12:14)

Not only are we to pursue peace, but also holiness, because without it we are told that no one will see God.

The word “see” in this passage means to have a vision. Without holiness we’ll never get a clear view or vision of God, and we’ll never understand or perceive His ways. The way of holiness, therefore, needs to be traveled.

In speaking about the time of the coming Messiah, when blind eyes will be opened, deaf ears unstopped, the mute shouting for joy, and when water gushes forth in the wilderness and streams flow forth in the desert, the Lord says, “And a highway will be there; it will be called the Way of Holiness. The unclean will not journey on it; it will be for those who walk in that Way.” (Isaiah 35:8 New International Version, or NIV)

The word “highway” doesn’t mean the same thing as what it is referred to today. It isn’t a road where cars and trucks can quickly travel. Rather it means exactly what it says, a way that is high. It means a road that has been built on a raised causeway making it visible and unmistakable to everyone.

This high way is called the way of holiness where even those who lack God’s guiding principles can see it without any problem. And God has clearly marked out this highway of holiness in His word.

Evil is always present within us and is messing up the works by trying to draw believers away from holiness. Therefore, those who are on this road of holiness are not at peace with indwelling sin.