Jesus tells his disciples here that he is about to go back to his father. He says that they will soon join him because he has shown them the way. Thomas evidently thinks, “We know the way? Really?” So, he asks, in effect, “Where are you going and how do we get there?” Jesus’ answer is interesting. He tells them that HE is the way and that the Father is the destination. Then, when Philip asks Jesus to show them the Father, Jesus replies, “Don’t you know me, Philip?” Here is one possible explanation for all this: life is not about what you do and where you go. Life is about relationship; it is about living in relationship with God primarily. Jesus is the truth because he is the ultimate revelation of God and also the perfect revelation of what being a child of God looks like. Relationship with God is the beginning, the way, and the end of life. Because Jesus exemplifies this perfectly he is “the way, the truth and the life”. As important as sound doctrine is, the Christian faith is not ultimately a religion of ideas. It is a relationship with God. Jesus did not come just to tell us some facts but to open to us a new way of living. We can live the life that he lived and even do the things that he did, as incredible as that sounds. Most of us have only explored the surface of what this means but I encourage you to devote your life to realising all that you can be in Christ.
Ask God to help you realise all that he wants for you.
Read John 14:1-14
