I have been really edified with the daily reading and commentary from the Bible in a Year podcast. I keep finding myself moved by the Holy Spirit. I’ve been impacted routinely, and I have been filled with great thankfulness and appreciation as I read (or hear) Jesus’ words. He is so wise and so compassionate. He is SO REAL. Hearing his assurances, over and over, to his disciples is bringing me a lot of peace, even in the mist of some challenges and trials in the current season of life.
How often, when we are going through a challenging time, do we wonder what the Lord could possibly be up to? It is hard to wait on the Lord when we really need an answer to prayer! We desperately want to know what is happening, and how he is going to come through for us. Sometimes we can’t see him working in the middle of the circumstance or situation. We ask, “Where are you, Lord?!”
In John 14, Jesus is speaking to his disciples and telling them that he is going to prepare a place for them, and tells them they’ll know the way to the place where he is going. Thomas responds that they definitely don’t know where he is going, nor the way to get there. In answer, Jesus says, “I am the way, the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.”
I think Jesus is saying that we actually don’t have to know the way. We have to know WHO the way is. If we follow Jesus closely, walking with him daily, we don’t really have to know the exact destination or how long it’s going to take to get there. But we can know HIM, and the more we know him, the greater the sense of peace we’ll have, waiting on the answers to our prayers. He is WITH us.
So, friends, keep reading his word to learn about his character. Keep listening to his assurances contained therein. Keep talking to him and seeking him in prayer. Grow in knowing Him, and he’ll keep leading the way by being your Way.