Driving can be interesting at times.
I remember a time in Lansing I was driving down Cedar Street which at the point I was driving, was a four lane one way road.
I was stopped at a light and there was someone driving right at us on the other side of the one way.
I was very puzzled at this moment.
The person looked around and realized they were driving the wrong way.
After shrugging their shoulders at us (Cars on the opposite side), he turned to go the right way again.
In life, sometimes we go the wrong way, sometimes literally.
We like to have the answers in life.
I for the longest time tried to figure things out on my own.
Only to be left short by my own shortcomings.
I don’t have all the answers and I don’t know always where I am heading.
It takes a lot to admit we are wrong or we don’t have all the answers.
I was hanging out with some people that just lost a friend/relative and this conversation turned to whether there was/is a Heaven or God?
Some expressed they believed in a higher power, some doubted and said they were unsure.
Some said they went to Church but they really didn’t have a clue.
It’s a sad realization that you don’t know what could happen to you if you died.
There are times we can make it without directions or help, there are other times that’s not true.
Jesus tells us this in John 14:6…
“I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.”
It’s hard to acknowledge God without acknowledging his Son.
This took me a while to grasp.
I spent the first 14 years of my life attending Church a good chunk of time, believing in God and Jesus but struggling with who I was and how the Church played a role.
I struggled with the life I was leading, who I was trying to be and what my relationship with God was all about.
I fought through this during middle and high school.
As I was in my freshman year of college, I realized exactly who Jesus what and acknowledge this through baptism.
I firmly believe this scripture with all my heart.
Jesus is the way.
Jesus is the truth.
Jesus is the life.
Without Jesus, I would not know I would be in heaven if I died.
That is a scary thing to think about.
In older generations, that was how people came to Christ, people used to say, “Believe in Christ or you are going to Hell!”
People would turn, listen and give their lives to Christ.
This method is often called turn or burn.
I prefer to ask questions.
Do you know where you will go when you die?
How sure are you that’s where you will go? What percent would you say you are right?
What proof do you have that is where you will end up?
What if I can give you a 100 percent guarantee you will end up in heaven?
Would you like that?
I don’t claim to know much, but I know faith in Jesus is what gives me the grace necessary to get to Heaven.
Have you found this grace?
Sometimes going the wrong way can be interesting; there are times when it can be more serious.
Do you know you are heading in the right direction?
Have a great day.
