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{The Application
Application for the Godly
Advantages of Holy Duties
In Holy Duties We Have an Intimate Interaction with God}
In holy duties we have an intimate interaction with God. Therefore, holy duties are sometimes referred to as “drawing near to God” (1 Samuel 14:36; Ecclesiastes 5:1; Isaiah 48:16; Hebrews 7:25; James 4:8). “I will be treated as holy by those who come near me” (Leviticus 10:3). Another term is “meeting with God” (2 Chronicles 1:3; Psalm 59:10). “Prepare to meet your God, O Israel” (Amos 4:12). Or one may “meet Him with a present,” as Jacob met his angry brother (Genesis 32:13). We also meet Him with prayer and supplication. “There I will meet with you” (Exodus 25:22). When the saints go up to meet the Lord, the Lord comes down to meet with them. Sometimes, we visit with God. “Lord, in trouble they have visited You, They poured out a prayer when Your chastening was upon them” (Isaiah 26:16 NKJV). When God visits His people with a rod, they visit him with a prayer. When we come to duty as we ought, we put ourselves under God’s eye and set the Lord before our face. For the right performance of duties, it is necessary that we have in our hearts correct and clear perceptions and understanding of God and deep impressions of the majesty of God and of His omnipotence, omnipresence, holiness, goodness, and faithfulness. This is what is required in the previously quoted, “I will be treated as holy by those who come near me” (Leviticus 10:3). Now consider what an influence this will have on our upholding and carrying on the life of God in us when we daily have such a sight of God before our eyes and such a sense of God in our hearts.
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