In Hebrew, the word for holy (‘qodesh, qadash’) can mean sacred, set apart, consecrated, dedicated.
As a noun, it means God.
‘Man of holiness is His name…’ (Moses 6:57)
He is the embodiment of holiness-so much so, that it is His name and is synonymous with Him.
We build temples in ‘holiness to the Lord,’ as sacred, set apart places where He can come and where we can come to experience Him.
But if He is holiness personified, then being with Him anywhere allows us to experience holiness.
Usually that is easiest in places set apart from the world.
The more time we spend with Him, wherever that may be, the more we feel what it is to be holy.
And, hopefully, we come to desire more holiness.
When we have experienced true holiness, we are able to see the counterfeits and the deceptions of the world and of the adversary that would distract or desensitize us from Him.
We know the rest, peace and joy that are ours in that place, and other things simply don’t satisfy.
Nothing temporary, changeable or unreliable reaches the spaces in our hearts that can only be filled by He who is true, good and constant.
What a wonder that He who is holy, invites us to walk with Him, with holiness.
With the purpose of lifting us above the uncertain, inaccurate, profane parts of the fallen world, teaching us to love and desire that which is righteous and virtuous, and making us holy like Him; able to live eternally in holiness with Him.
Tasting and glimpsing and preparing now for that time as we journey in holiness with the Lord.
