Jesus is the way

​Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. (John 14:6)

I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture. (John 10:9)

When we hear sad and discouraging news we may become despondent, overly concerned, or fearful. Yet, let us be encouraged today in knowing that there is still good that is being accomplished on the earth. God is still doing a great work. He is still winning souls.

Although there is in existence a spirit of deception, there is also a spirit of truth. The Lord has put “a sense of eternity in our lives. We possess an innate knowledge that there is something more to life than what we can see and experience in the here and now.” (Ecclesiastes 3:11)

We may attempt to make sense of our lives, try to find happiness, and completeness in so many things, whether that is through people, things, or money. The enormous amount of decisions that we make to move us toward something or someone larger than ourselves leaves us more  frustrated and emptier. 

“All that we call human history--money, poverty, ambition, war, prostitution, classes, empires, slavery--[is] the long terrible story of man trying to find something other than God which will make him happy.” C.S. Lewis

What man is really seeking after is to reconnect with God. There is only one truth and one Jesus. There is only one way, “You must come in at the door” in order to know God, to know truth, to find peace.

When Adam was perfect in the garden of Eden, God walked with him in the cool of the day. God and man held the most intimate and affectionate intercourse with one another. Man was a happy creature, God was a condescending Creator, and the two met together and held sweet converse and communion. But from the moment when Adam touched the forbidden fruit, the way from God to man became blocked up, the bridge was broken down, a great gulph was fixed, so that if it had not been for the divine plan of grace, we could not have ascended to God, neither could God in justice come down to us. Happily, however, the everlasting covenant ordered in all things and sure, had provided for this great catastrophe. Christ Jesus the Mediator had in old eternity been ordained to become the medium of access between man and God.  Charles Spurgeon

Jesus is now the Mediator, our access to God. There is no other way. So when we hear sad and discouraging news, let us take time out to pray. Because despite the presence of evil, the spirit of truth can be imbued through the power of prayer. 

As long as we have the spirit of truth dwelling in us, we have the power to make a difference.

Dear Lord, as we move throughout the day remind us to pray every time we are tempted to shake our head in disbelief. Manifest yourself in the lives of others through the power of our prayers as we pray for people, some we don’t even know. Strengthen us Lord, to show others the way. Jesus is the way.

GiGi❤️