Follow Me. . .
I know
the Way
“I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life.” Jesus
In the early days disciples of Jesus were called people of the Way.
They might as well have been people “on” the Way.
Followers of Jesus are going somewhere.
What’s our destination? Heaven? The kingdom of God?
Yes, I suppose . . . but is that it?
Some of my bitterest conflicts have arisen from my suggestion
that what we’re doing “along” the Way
may be more important than the destination.
The means justify the ends. Not the other way around.
If we’re so focused on the kingdom of heaven “in the sweet bye and bye,”
I fear we miss it right here.
Jesus said, “the kingdom is among you.”
“Those who have eyes to see . . . and ears to hear.”
Pay attention.
Be mobile, on the move. The word “church” should be a verb.
Not a noun.
We are following. We are on the Way.
Jesus had a cousin whose name was John.
John had followers, too.
John sent them to Jesus and they asked,
“Are you the One who is to come, or should we look for another?”
Jesus said to them,
“Go and tell John what you hear and see: the blind receive their sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the poor have good news brought to them.”
Now, what do you think we ought to be doing along the Way?
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