Anchor Scripture: John 14:6
Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
Meditations
I am most excited to bring you greetings in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ. May His glory never depart from you. Each of Jesus’s statements are eternally true and timeless in application and relevance. To ignore His instructions is to ignore life – I mean, real and true life. John 6:63.
Therefore, when He says “I am the way, the truth and the life”, He was not wasting words. The above statement was a personal introduction of the Lord Jesus of Himself to the disciples – these were people who followed Him everywhere He went every day for almost three years and six months. Ordinarily one would have thought that they knew Him but alas, they did not. That simply suggests to me that one could be a Christian and may not have known Jesus. Hence the need for us to examine this statement more carefully in spite of the fact that I know many of us have read it several times and we copiously quote it off hand. May the Lord make us of a quick understanding.
Exhortation:
- Jesus, The Way: There are several definitions of the word “way” in the dictionary but the one I like most as defined by the word web dictionary is – “how something is done or how it happens.” If we therefore, adopt this definition and apply it to Jesus, then, “Jesus is how something ought to be done and how things ought to happen.” In other words, Jesus is the only “how” a Christian should do things. Beloved, we miss this very salient point in most of our choices and decisions in life as God’s own children on earth. Perhaps, this explains the failures we have to deal with many times and many avoidable dead ends we often run to. The Bible says “There is a way that seems right to a person, but eventually it ends in death.” (MSG). Can you imagine how many things have died in our hands and in our lives because we followed every other “how” apart from Jesus’s “ how”. Very many legitimate dreams and visions have been pursued using the wrong means and they crashed on the platform of the wrong “how”. You know we often wrongly say that the end justify the means but I dare say that as kingdom citizens, it is the means (how) that justify the end. To drive this home more clearly the point is that your latest accomplishment, for instance, is not as important as how you got it. For instance, how did you get the last promotion in your office? How did you buy that posh car or how did you build that beautiful house that has become the talk of everyone in your community? How are you building, even, that ministry that God gave you? It is important you are able to answer it was done Jesus way! The “how” of a thing is very important hence the psalmist says “blessed is the man who walk not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the WAY of sinners …” Psalm 1:1. There is a way those who don’t know God yet get their things done. Sometimes, I even hear them boast in their ability to get results through hook and crook and they will say – “I am a goal getter”. For you, the goal should not be as important as how you got it because you should not adopt any other way outside of Jesus. Please don’t go to get the long awaited fruit of the womb outside of Jesus. The devil is a killer, he is just waiting for you to enter a wrong way and be trapped. A wrong way may look good at the beginning but you can be sure it won’t end well. You perhaps are wondering why is God emphasizing on this type of topic at this time?I guess it is because the easiest time to wanting to get results any how is during times of pressures and difficulties such as we currently have. Therefore, I encourage you to retract your steps and connect your destination through Jesus Christ. Time and space will fail me to go any further on this subject in this edition. I trust God to continue in subsequent editions but meanwhile, before taking the next decision always ask yourself this question “… what saith the scripture?..,” Romans 4:3. In other words , what is the scriptural prescription for your proposed actions and or choices? Thank God on my behalf as I appreciate Him for entrance into this world a few years ago! God bless you.
Prayers
May the sufficiency of Jesus abound towards you. You are lifted and blessed in Jesus name.
