A thousand years ago the forests were so thick in Europe people who wandered too far from home often never found their way back. There were no signs, no maps. Actually there were few roads, only paths. Those paths had no names and the places where people lived had no names. Often the people themselves only had one name and it wasn’t a surname. “This is my brother Daryl and my other brother Daryl.”
This morning I needed to go to a place I had never been before. The car I was using did not have a GPS. But my phone talked me right to my destination. Can you imagine the disciples saying to Jesus, “Where is heaven?” We can hear Jesus answer, “I am the Way.” (John 14:6)
With my phone in my shirt pocket I got very clear directions where to turn and how far to go until the next turn. With Jesus, via the Holy Spirit, we get very clear directions regarding our lives. “Love one another as I have loved you.” (John 13:34) “Forgive others.” (Matthew 6) “Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love.” (Ephesians 4:2) “Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world. For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.”
By the Way. The Way to eternal life is a gift. Items listed above are the ways to be like the One who is the Way.
Written by Roger Bothwell on April 21, 2016
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