Isaiah 35

And a highway will be there; it will be called the Way of Holiness; it will be for those who walk on that Way. The unclean will not journey on it; wicked fools will not go about on it. No lion will be there, nor any ravenous beast; they will not be found there. But only the redeemed will walk there,

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This chapter concludes the prophecies of the first part of Isaiah. This promise shouldn't elicit cries of rejoicing at the destruction of the wicked but...should bring cries of thanksgiving for our deliverence from earthly woes. The one main truth...Israel (the Church) will be delivered from all its foes, and happier times shall succeed under Messiah.

But its a long journey from here to there...from despair to deliverance.

How might you and I get there? The metaphor is God's highway. It's not difficult to find. It's the well worn path of Holy people: Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, The Apostles, Martin Luther, Charles Spurgeon, Deitrich Bonhoeffer, Jim Eliott, Billy Graham and...on and on. Once we locate the path they have trod we need to find the nearest entrance ramp and join the journey.

I know, as we look around, we may feel uncomfortable with some of our traveling companions. They're people we've disagreed with in the past. They're people who have a different way about them. But, wait.. God promises that all who are walking this path are holy. Rather than showing them the nearest exit, this might be a great time to ask some questions and learn.

Live boldly out there today...