40 Days of Prayer

The Way the Truth and the Life

"And you know the way to where I am going."  "No, we don't know, Lord," Thomas said. "We have no idea where you are going, so how can we know the way?" Jesus told him, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one can come to the Father except through me." John 14:4-6 NLT

"The modern day gospel says, "God loves you and has a wonderful plan for your life. Therefore, follow these steps, and you can be saved." Meanwhile, the biblical gospel says, "You are an enemy of God, dead in your sin, and in your present state of rebellion, you are not even able to see that you need life, much less to cause yourself to come to life. Therefore, you are radically dependent on God to do something in your life that you could never do." - David Platt, Radical

Thomas...Thomas...Thomas. You have to appreciate Thomas. He verbalizes what the rest of us are thinking, "I don't get it." Jesus declares himself to be three things - the way - the truth - and the life. He accomplishes the way. He declares the truth. He gives life. He is the path to the Father. We on the other hand want to be the gods of our own lives, our own way, our own truth. We live in a culture that promotes and applauds that. The statement by David Platt is such a clear reminder of the fact that we do not empower God. God empowers us. His way, His truth and His life empowers us to abandon self and surrender all to follow and grow in Him. May we never cease examining our small god ways and surrendering them to a much bigger, empowering God who surrendered all for us.