“Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but through Me.””
—John 14:6
Many people spend their lives looking for a formula that will solve all their problems and show them the way to go in life. But just when they think they’ve discovered the answer, they find themselves again facing disappointment, pain, fear, or loneliness. They must grapple with the fact that there is no 12-step program that erases all problems. The simple yet complex answer to every question is Jesus—He is the way, the truth, and the life.
Even as believers in Jesus, we’re tempted to seek simple steps for finding a better life. But beloved, the continued search for answers and the ups and downs of our lives are part of the process of becoming whole in Jesus. The Lord says, “My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways … As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts” (Isa. 55:8–9, NIV).
Our Father lives and moves as eternal Spirit, and He breathes love that is unending and deeper than anything we have ever known. This journey we are on is a quest to make the almighty Lord front and center. We endeavor to shake off worldly thoughts and deeds to discover and experience the depths of Yeshua our Messiah. In this quest, it is the Lord who orders our steps into righteousness and wholeness, and each step is unique to the specific story Father has written for us.
The one residing command God gave us in our pursuit of the Answer is to “love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might” (Deut. 6:5). Jesus—upon Him faith, trust, and relationship are built. Through Him we encounter our Father and find Him ordering our lives, even despite our personal failings and the interference of others. So, beloved, give Father the wheel of your life, and let Yeshua and the Holy Spirit lead you into all truth. Let Him transform you into His image, for that is how you will triumph. It is “‘not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit,’ says the Lord of hosts” (Zech. 4:6).
Jesus, precious Jesus, how I love You more and more. You are the Potter; I am the clay. Mold me and make me. Lead me in the way I should go. Guide me by Your precious Holy Spirit. Make Your ways my ways and Your thoughts my thoughts. I surrender to You, Father. Order my steps today.
Cynthia Schneider, From Passover to Pentecost (Lake Mary, FL: Charisma House, 2021), Used by permission.
