God Will Make a Way Because He is the Way - The Crosswalk Devotional - May 2

God Will Make a Way Because He is the Way
By Keri Eichberger

Bible Reading: 
Thomas said, “Lord, we don’t know where you are going, so how can we know the way?” Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life.” (John 14:5-6)

I feel something brewing. Some fresh glimmers of hope and encouraging change on the horizon. And following a slow, stretched-out season of what has felt like the same ole, same ole, laced with increased chronic pain, dwindling energy, and swelling isolation, any potential change is welcome. And I give God all the glory for the potential opportunities, including promising pain relief. But even still, this thick thorn remains in my side. A raging roadblock in my spirit, weighing me down and instilling doubt. It’s the narrative in my inner being—words of insufficiency and incompetence and flat-out inability. I’ve been relentlessly praying for God to work in and through me—to show me his way. And he has certainly opened some sun-shiny doors. But if I’m being honest, I can’t see how I can carry out and work through all the things he seems to be calling me to. 

Do you ever wonder how you will conquer the quests before you? How will you take on the commitments you’ve committed to? How will you take the steps toward the dream opportunities stirring up desire within you? Or wonder how you'll do it all well?

I do. I asked myself, Where will I find the time, the energy, and the mental and emotional capacity? I bet you’ve had similar thoughts.

But, we are neglecting a truth amidst these circumstances and contemplations. If God truly leads us to these things, won’t he also lead us through these things? I read a familiar verse the other morning in my devotion time, and it spoke truth directly to my wondering, wearying heart. In verse five of Chapter 14, in the book of John, the disciple Thomas says to Jesus, “Lord, we don’t know where you are going, so how can we know the way?” This is a sentiment many of us feel when we’ve come to a confusing crossroads of potential choices, tasks, or opportunities, joined by what seems to be a lack of ability, margin, and resources. We might ask God, What is all this, and how am I supposed to handle it?

But as I kept reading, my fresh perspective on the first statement of the following verse—so familiar to us as Christians—fueled my confidence in the answer to the “how will I manage” thoughts. Verse six reads, “Jesus answered, ‘I am the way and the truth and the life.’”

Jesus is the way. When we don’t know, or can’t see, the way forward and through. Jesus is the way forward and through.

This means that as long as I remain in him and with him, and he is thus also in me and with me, I don’t have to fear my faithful steps and choices. Because the way will be with me, he will make a way, because he is the way. And he is in me just like he is in you. 

Intersecting Faith and Life:

Friend, the Lord led you to where you are. He opened the perfect doors, and he carved the precise path. So keep following him closely, and remain in him always. He will sufficiently strengthen, steer, and supply you with all you need. All the way. Because our sovereign loving Lord is… the way.

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Keri Eichberger is a Jesus-loving Kentucky girl. She is married to her best friend, Mike, and has a full house of five kids. After years of writing for an online audience, Keri became ordained through Southeast Christian Church, giving her life to full-time ministry. She is the author of Win Over Worry: Conquer What Shakes You and Soar With the One Who Overcomes, and has a passion for sharing faith-filled encouragement through devotional writing. Connect with Keri at KeriEichberger.com or Instagram.

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