"Prepare ye the way of the Lord" - Luke 3:4.
A way is a means of access. Have you ever realised that God intends that your life should be a way of access, a way to the Lord Jesus Himself; a way along which the Lord Jesus will be seen riding in triumphant power, in glory and salvation and blessing? I wonder if your life is a way,... or an obstruction? Is it a means of access,... or is it a cul-de-sac?
The early Christians were called people of 'the way'. Luke employs the phrase six times in the Acts of the Apostles - 'those of the way'. Even a demon-possessed girl detected that, when she saw Paul and Silas walking down the road - 'These are the men that show us the way of salvation' she cried out. I wonder my friend, if you are associated with the Lord Jesus, who said of Himself, 'I am the Way'?
In the light of the Word of God, I want to ask you, Is your life a way of triumphant prayer? When friends meet you, are they aware of God and an open heaven? Is it easy for people to pray when you are about? Are you a way into the very holiest (Heb 9:8) because you are associated with the new and living Way? Is your life a way of challenging holiness - the way of righteousness that Peter speaks of (2 Peter 2:21)? Not an imitation, a counterfeit of holiness, but a life of transparency that makes people conscious of the beauty and lovliness and gentleness of the Lord Jesus?
Is your life a way of perfect love ; what Paul describes as the 'more excellent way' (1 Cor. 12:31)? Is your life a way of abundant life - the new and living way (Heb. 10: 20)? Are you associated with the Lord Jesus in His freshly-opened way into abundance of life? Or is your life an obstruction, a block, an obstacle? "Prepare ye the way of the Lord"
A way is a means of access. Have you ever realised that God intends that your life should be a way of access, a way to the Lord Jesus Himself; a way along which the Lord Jesus will be seen riding in triumphant power, in glory and salvation and blessing? I wonder if your life is a way,... or an obstruction? Is it a means of access,... or is it a cul-de-sac?
The early Christians were called people of 'the way'. Luke employs the phrase six times in the Acts of the Apostles - 'those of the way'. Even a demon-possessed girl detected that, when she saw Paul and Silas walking down the road - 'These are the men that show us the way of salvation' she cried out. I wonder my friend, if you are associated with the Lord Jesus, who said of Himself, 'I am the Way'?
In the light of the Word of God, I want to ask you, Is your life a way of triumphant prayer? When friends meet you, are they aware of God and an open heaven? Is it easy for people to pray when you are about? Are you a way into the very holiest (Heb 9:8) because you are associated with the new and living Way? Is your life a way of challenging holiness - the way of righteousness that Peter speaks of (2 Peter 2:21)? Not an imitation, a counterfeit of holiness, but a life of transparency that makes people conscious of the beauty and lovliness and gentleness of the Lord Jesus?
Is your life a way of perfect love ; what Paul describes as the 'more excellent way' (1 Cor. 12:31)? Is your life a way of abundant life - the new and living way (Heb. 10: 20)? Are you associated with the Lord Jesus in His freshly-opened way into abundance of life? Or is your life an obstruction, a block, an obstacle? "Prepare ye the way of the Lord"
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