This morning I was meditating on this scripture. I realized that we possess zero holiness. The only holiness that we have is in Christ. As we walk through life, in order to be holy we have to let Jesus make the way and we need to follow him so that his presence always goes before us. Sometimes when situations get out of control and our feelings become overwhelming, we tend to think that God is in our way. We want to push him aside and go tell that person exactly how we feel and how they made us feel. We want to make plain to them the injustice that we feel. Or, Our fear, anxiety and panic will make us spiral emotionally and we will be driven by our emotions rather than inviting God to go before us so that we can walk in confidence and peace. Having courage knowing that we are not walking alone. But, if we make Jesus "the way" then we walk in holiness because he is what people see rather than our emotions and irrational actions. We allow the Lord to restrain us and we stand behind him so that we walk in the fragrance of his love, grace and mercy.
We cannot be holy on our own and I believe that what it is saying in Hebrews is that the only way to heaven is Jesus. He is holy and if we have him in our heart and allow him as our Lord to stand before us then the Father will see us through him and we will be considered holy because of Christ's sacrifice.
I think good advice would be that before we speak or act we take a step back. We invite the Lord to stand in front of us. We ask him to awaken the beautiful gifts that his Spirit inhabits us with ; Love, Joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. Then, no matter what the circumstance, everyone will see the holiness of God displayed through us if we surrender our self-righteousness to him.
It says in Exodus 14:14, that the battle is not ours but the Lord's. He goes before us and fights our battles and we are called to just be still and know that he is God. Whatever this life brings toward you be sure to jump behind Jesus and trust. Don't push him aside and allow your emotions to react. Think of what a beautiful image it is to have your King standing before you and you are confidently standing behind him in the wake of his power.
No weapon formed against you will prosper. Isaiah 54:17.
