I AM THE WAY
Part five of seven in I AM devotional series
John 14:5-14
John 14:6: “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.”
Jesus had just finished telling His disciples that He would be leaving. He said they wouldn’t be able to follow Him where He was going YET. And they were sad. Their frowns prompted Jesus to tell them about heaven. Jesus was going there to prepare a place for them. He promised that He’d return for them, and take them there, Himself.
He said that they’d know where He was going.
But Thomas didn’t get it. “Lord, we don’t know where You are going, so how can we know the way?” (John 14:5).
(Could Buddy have sniffed Jesus’ presence, and follow—from I Am the Light devotion)?
Jesus would be going home soon. As happy as He was about being reunited with the Father in heaven, He knew the next few days would be brutal. (He’d be betrayed, tried, and sentenced to death on a cross). But Jesus never concentrated on Himself. He came to love people and introduce us to the Father. He explained to Philip in verses nine and ten:
“Don’t you know Me Philip, even after I have been among you such a long time? Anyone who has seen Me has seen the Father...Don’t you believe that I am in the Father and that the Father is in Me? The words I say to you are not just My own. Rather, it is the Father, living in Me, who is doing His work.”
We’re not too different from Philip. Do supposed Christian hearts beat for Jesus, our lives dedicated to His kingdom glory? (There are people around the world who die for that privilege every day)! How do we know the way, when our lives are distracted to go this way or that?
Have you ever asked for directions? Were they confusing? Go to the stop light and turn right, then left at the next street. Turn left at the third street, then make a quick right. The place is at the end of the second street, but you must go around the circle to go straight.
Once again, Jesus makes it simple for us to find our way. Jesus is the way—no turning right or left, just follow Jesus.
Take Home Nugget
It’s always better when someone says, “I’m heading there myself. I’ll take you.” Jesus is the way. That means that He’ll take us—personally escort us—where He went. Our job is to not turn to the right or to the left, just follow Jesus.
Even a scent-sniffing dog can’t find its way to heaven without Jesus.
J.D. Griffith
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