The Upward Way

 

An Emoji devotions for Fri November 19, 2021

Topic: The upward way

Highlights: 

Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. John 14:6

But small is the gate and narrow and difficult to travel is the path that leads the way to [everlasting] life, and there are few who find it.

Matthew 7:14 AMP

When a note is missing in music then you try to find it, while you keep on trying to hit the correct note and you can't all you need to do is to leave the song and find someone who could carry the note to take it. No matter how you try to sing, if you are hitting the wrong note people will not enjoy the song. The problem could stem from the instrumentalist and then to the audience. Even loved ones cannot bear the sound of a wrong note being sang by their family or friends. They will rather advice the fellow if everything is okay. 

The way that Jesus is talking about is not like the journey we walk with physical feet. It is just not that type of way. It is the right way - "The right way to do things". Let's revise the verse again fixing the phrase "the right way to do things" in John 14:6

Jesus answered, “I am the (the right way to do things) and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. John 14:6

Your life depends on doing things right. Schooling ourselves in Jesus academy with the help of the Bible will give us the ability to do things the right way. 

In Matthew 7:14 Jesus Christ affirm that only few knows the right way things are done that pleases God. "But small is the gate and narrow and difficult to travel is the path that leads the way to [everlasting] life, and there are few who find it."

So sometimes or most times we could be wrong because It is difficult to go through the small gate. And it is difficult to walk on the narrow road. But when you do go that way, you will get true life. Not many people find that narrow gate.’ And even some people who find the Narrow gate may not be able to enter into it because it is an upward way. Once you are heavy there is no heaven. It is easier for a Camel to pass through the eye of a Needle and it is even more difficult for a rich person to let God rule in their life. 

Are you hitting the note right? Are you living in the truth? Is this in God's plan? See if you are genuinely born again or you are that big man who has setup a standard of selfrighteousness, who would not let God rule but thinking that God is ruling. 

PRAYER

Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. And see if there be any grievous way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting! In Jesus Name.