Jesus the Way Has Chosen You

"6Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me." (John 14: 6)

Many of us can quote this verse, yet many of us forget that Jesus was responding to a question from one of His disciples:

"5Thomas saith unto him, Lord, we know not whither thou goest; and how can we know the way?" (John 14: 5)

This same Thomas, the one who doubted and would not believe until he felt the wounds in Jesus' side and hands (John 20: 25), the same disciple who was ready to die with Jesus in going to Bethany (John 11: 16), was not afraid to ask His Lord a question, even if out of unbelief.

"Show us the path . .show us the way. . ."

Jesus is the Path, Jesus is the way.

The more that we see how great is His love for us, the less time we spend trying to find a path, the  more that we see Him and trust Him to lead us.

Notice what David said about the LORD:

"{A Psalm of David.} The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want." (Psalm 23: 1)

He did not say: "I know where the LORD is taking me."

There is no need to know where you are going when you know the One who is taking you there.

Keep in mind that the Israelites knew where the LORD was taking them, the Promised Land, and yet they refused to go in because they looked to themselves (Numbers 13: 33) and believed that the LORD hated them (Deuteronomy 1: 27-28)

We need to know that Jesus is the Good Shepherd:

"11I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep." (John 10: 11)

We need to see the full extent of His love for us, no matter where we go:

"16That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man; 17That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love, 18May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height; 19And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God." (Ephesians 3: 16-19)

Jesus the Way has chosen you:

"Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you. (John 15: 16)

and then

"3Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ: 4According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love." (Eohesians 1: 3-4)