For the second time in as many weeks, I have found that computerized directions and maps sometimes don't really know the way. Of course, there is almost always more than one way to get to a destination, so a printed map, local residents, and lucky guesses can also be of real assistance. And even better is being able to follow someone who is going where I want to go.
One of the things Jesus explained to His disciples in the "Upper Room Discourse" on the night of His betrayal was that He was truly going to leave them. They were not to worry about that, however, because they would eventually be with Him there. "Where I go you know, and the way you know.” Thomas said to Him, “Lord, we do not know where You are going, and how can we know the way?” Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. (John 14:4-9)
Holding the Gospel story in our hands, reading all that Jesus taught, it is easy for us to think that the truth that's clear to us should have been obvious to these followers. They acknowledged—some of them—that Jesus was the Son of God, so why couldn't they see what the plan was? They had preconceived notions about what meant; they could not, even then, get their minds around the idea that He was going to die. When He had first called them, He invited, "Follow Me." He could well have said, "Come along; I know the way." Now that the journey in His physical presence was ending, He told them in similar terms, "I am the way."
Not everyone who proposes to give us spiritual guidance actually knows the way! Some who invite us to follow are not headed in the direction we want to go! We're safe if we follow with pure intent the pathway where He precedes us.
MaryMartha
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