The Way

Highway, freeway or just another way-this road is never really straight. It's not without its potholes and patches, depressions and ascents, blind curves and the long dead traffic lights. You also got other road users. Some obliviously 'park' their 30+ tonne truck right in your way; others would not care any less whether or not they are encroaching onto your lane; some don't even know the word 'respect' exists, let alone practice it.There is still more: The learners. The drunkards. The frustrated. The ever-late.The unlicensed. Once in a while - the First motorcade. Such and more is the road called Life.

There are so many choices to make, sometimes at the snap of the finger. To step on the gas or to hit the brakes; to swerve or to risk collision; to give way or not; to help a stranded motorist or to mind your own business and just drive on; to overtake or be overtaken; to change lanes or to maintain or to take another route altogether. Or else to do absolutely NOTHING and leave all to chance. To some, the road can be one huge oasis of confusion.

Sometimes you wake up and find yourself on a road that you absolutely have no idea whence it cometh or whither it goeth. You don't know which way is going forward and which is going back. You don't even know whether you want to go to the supposed 'forward' or not. In short, you are placed right in the middle of nowhere and you just have to figure out how to go on from there. Then slowly but surely the amnesia begins to fade away; you start to recall how you got to this strange place.... bank balance is in the negative,  surviving from hand to mouth; marriage on the rocks; the doctor diagnosed  a terminal illness and there is a best-before date attached to your life.....or is it that you have back-slidden and you don't remember the last time you felt the urge to kneel down and pray; or maybe you have forgotten what it is to smile and go through a single minute free of frustration. Oh yes, life handed it to you pretty nasty and you just sorta-kinda landed "here".....in this strange place.

Good news is there is The Good News. If you happen to have lost track, or have been bumped and crushed by others, or you simply think you can't make it on this road no more, or you feel like you in a tunnel that seems to not end there IS the perfect campus to put you back on track and direct you henceforth. The one and the only who can do this is JESUS. He's commissioned to encourage the poor,to help the brokenhearted, to decree the release of captives, and the freeing of prisoners, to proclaim debt cancellation, to comfort and strengthen all who mourn. This is what He says He will do: He will give beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness and restore whatever was ruined in your life

 [note, He ain't man that He should lie or the son of man that He should repent] 

To access His (Jesus') service, there ain't no need for qualification; not even money! In fact He says all who are thirsty (tired of the solo drive), come and drink, you who have no money, come buy and eat....without money and without cost!! It's all for free. All that is required is that you believe in your heart the risen Lord Jesus and confess with your mouth that He is Lord then you are good to go. 

His name is an ever-present, most reliable road-rescue assigned to us; there are round the clock road angels ready to help us and pick us up wherever, whenever. He says to tell you where to go, your ears will hear a word behind you saying, "This is the way, walk in it, when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left."  He will literally direct you ALL the way. After all He is The Way so you won't get lost. He is The Light so never will you fumble in darkness. 

If any man be IN Christ, if you be in Christ, it don't matter no more the terrain of the road or any other vagaries, you sure can bulldoze your way through life. If high waters come, they will not drown you. If spitting fire is darting at you, it will not burn you because He will shield and shelter you. When challenges come in, the Holy Spirit- like a mighty flood, will raise a standard and flush them away. You just can't be defeated, you will make it well on the road. You will. For as long as you remain IN Him. Live the real life with Jesus; let Him drive and He will take you where you are going - safe

Isiah 55:1-2.....
             Isiah 61:1-7.......
                           John 14:6.......
                                     Isiah 30:21......
                                                    2Cor 5:17......