God's Highway of Holiness [Isaiah 35-36]

    8A highway will be there, a roadway,
         And it will be called the Highway of Holiness
         The unclean will not travel on it,
         But it will be for him who walks that way,
         And fools will not wander on it.
    9No lion will be there,
         Nor will any vicious beast go up on it;
         These will not be found there
         But the redeemed will walk there,
    10And the ransomed of the LORD will return
         And come with joyful shouting to Zion,
         With everlasting joy upon their heads
         They will find gladness and joy,
         And sorrow and sighing will flee away.


This is one of my favorite passages in the Bible. My prayer today is that you will take time to meditate on what God is saying to you through this description of the Highway of Holiness. What difference does it make to you that you know there will be such a place for you to walk someday?

We praise You, God, because You have designed a new life for us with a new world to go with it. You are the Redeemer, Provider, Protector. Cause us to keep our eyes fixed on You and make us ready to walk on the Highway of Holiness.
Beth Warlick, 11/17/2009