Daily life with Jesus by Grahame Howard: Navigate by the SON

Thursday 19 January 2023

Navigate by the SON

"I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me."

John 14:6 NKJV

There are right and wrong ways that we have to walk in every day of our lives. Sometimes, we get it wrong, yet, as we ask Him, Jesus will forgive us when we fall into sin. Have you ever stopped to think about this verse - I mean, really meditated on it? Jesus knows the way, in fact, every way there is a way, He knows it. He knows the way we should and shouldn't do things. He knows the way we can put right what we have messed up. Jesus through His words here, was saying that He is the universal point of access to God. In other words, He has the key and, if we ask Him, He will give it to us. This is done by submitting to God and asking Jesus into our life and asking Him to forgive us for all the wrongs we have ever done. The Father can only be accessed through Jesus.

He is the truth and His truth brings us life. It's the evil one who speaks lies, never Jesus. He actually can only speak the truth, and His truth offers each one of us an abundant life (John 10:10). This abundance can be seen in Ephesians 3:20 where Paul writes:

'Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us.' This is superabundance, overwhelming abundance and over the top abundance as we see in Psalm 23:5 - 'my cup runs over.'

Jesus gives us more than we can ever imagine. He knows the way to do this and, He knows the way He can do it for you. These are the things that we need to remember when the chips are down and, we don't really feel like praying. He knows the way that He can help us to pray and the way to pray for what we need.

When I was in the army, we would periodically go out on orienteering exercises and escape and evasion. We could be dropped off in the middle of nowhere and with only the clothes that we stood up in (and sometimes this was t-shirt and shorts in winter). We would have no money, or food. The only thing we had - if we were lucky was a compass. We had to get to certain places on our own knowledge and without getting caught. If you didn't have a compass it was difficult unless, you could follow the position of the sun. We had to navigate by the sun.

However, fast forward a few years and I still need to navigate my way in life but I do this, by navigating the SON. Jesus is my compass. He knows the way; if I veer off course, He is there to correct me, because He knows the way.

You may feel lost at times but, when you are, get your compass - the bible, or learn to remember scripture and then be guided by this. You only need to ask Jesus the way and he is only too pleased to say, 'Go this way, My child. Navigate by the SON'