Wednesday, November 7, 2012

John 14

Jesus knows that the end is coming soon and he has to share this reality with his disciples. He tells them that he is going to the Father, and that he will prepare a place for them there. They ask him, "how do we get there?" Jesus then told his disciples, "I am the way, the truth, and the life." (Verse 6)

This must have been crushing news to the disciples. They had left their lives behind to follow Jesus and now he was giving up, he was leaving. Maybe they thought he'd become king, maybe they thought they'd became wealthy or famous because of him... Either way, this isn't what they bargained for. day after day, year after year they worked for Jesus, they traveled around the country by foot proclaiming the good news. But now it was all going to be over.

What would they do now? Where would they go? What would they put their hope in? They needed direction.

I think when Jesus said "I am the Way," he was giving them direction for the rest of their lives... Actually, he was giving us all direction for our lives.

Last night America re-elected Barack Obama to serve as our president. A lot of my friends are very excited, and a lot of my friends are frustrated and sad. Now that the election is over, I think both sides are looking for whatever might be next.

Like the disciples we have to ask ourselves, what do we do now? What do we put our hope in?

Jesus said he is the way, so we go towards Jesus.

When we don't know where to go, go towards Jesus.

When we don't know what to do, go towards Jesus.

When we don't know where to put our hope, go towards Jesus.

Every day of our lives we should go towards Jesus because he is the best way through this life.

When we go towards Jesus we will find love instead of broken promises and half-truths. We will find unity instead of division.

When we go towards Jesus we will find that we have all won, because He lost.



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