WAY TRUTH LIFE

Have you thanked Him?

Have you praised Him?

Have you made it your priority to agree and cooperate with Him today?

Have you taken that deep breath and listened for what He has for you today?

1 Timothy 2:1 (The Message)

1-3The first thing I want you to do is pray. Pray every way you know how, for everyone you know.

I was lying in bed last night a little “worn out”.  It has been a long couple of weeks.  Between promoting our events held over the weekend and the absolute deluge of homelessness challenges (more in the last 3 weeks than in the history of the ministry) I was a little “weary”.

So as I was winding down I caught a little of a talk that Jesse Duplantis was sharing at a conference.

He was sharing from John 14.

As he was reading he shared this familiar passage, one that I had used in my own little talk on Sunday.

John 14:6

Jesus answered, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life.

Now when I had incorporated that passage on Sunday, I emphasized that JESUS was TRUTH and because He was TRUTH it was HE that brings TRUE FREEDOM!

John 8:32

…you will know the TRUTH (Jesus), and the truth will make you free.

Yet Jesse offered a little different insight.

He commented that Jesus was the WAY, that HE and GOD have blazed the course for all of us to follow.

Psalm 119 (MSG)

You’re blessed when you stay on course, walking steadily on the road revealed by God. You’re blessed when you follow his directions, doing your best to find him. That’s right—you don’t go off on your own; you walk straight along the road he set. You, God, prescribed the right way to live; now you expect us to live it.

Jesus was the TRUTH so HE could not be deceived.  Therefore all He said and did was ironclad in it “rightness”.  We can take it at face value and know it to be solid.

2 Timothy 3:14-17 (V)

So surely you ought to stick to what you know is certain…All of Scripture is God-breathed; in its inspired voice, we hear useful teaching, rebuke, correction, instruction, and training for a life that is right…

And lastly Jesse reminded us that JESUS offered LIFE!  Forever-life!

John 10:28

I give them eternal life and they shall never perish. No one shall snatch them away from me…

Take a second to pause and thank Jesus for being these things for us.

He is showing us the way through this treacherous landscape of life.

He is offering us nothing but truth to draw from to make decisions and choices.  We have no reason for skepticism or concern as to what He is instructing us to do.

He has given us LIFE from HIS life.  So we can walk without fear or intimidation.

Marinate a little on that familiar refrain from John today.  There is so much in so few words; so much promise in such a short passage.

Let it inspire you today!

 

I love you all.

Freedom Church

 

Pastor GDelaney