How Do I Get There?

Thomas said to Him, “Lord, we do not know where You are going, and how can we know the way?” John 14:5

Among the great promises in the first part of John 14 stands Thomas, and the disciple of our Lord is speaking for us. Many a song lyric and prayer echo his basic questions, "Where are You going, and how do I get there?" The answer of our Lord is almost too simple for us as He says, "I am..." The answer we seek, in all of its simple glory, we may read in the next verse. The answer is so staggering in its simplicity that we remember it easily. But, we might say with Thomas, it doesn't answer the question exactly, does it? The answer contains no GPS coordinates or the old 'you can't miss it' signs to look for. It becomes evident that the only way to get there is to come to Jesus. The preceding verses to Thomas's question have our Lord telling us that He is going and that He is returning to take us there. What causes Thomas the problem is that Jesus also says that he knows the destination and the path/method/means to get there. Thomas is our 'Um, no I don't' representative at this time and place. Praise the Lord that Thomas was there for us! Of course as readers of the Word of God centuries later, we also get in on the teaching joke because Thomas is right there with the One who is the way, and the truth, and the life.

May God bless you all this day with abundant life in Christ!

Bucky