JESUS. He is the WAY.
He is the way we are united with our Creator. He bridged the gap - the huge chasm of sin that once separated us from God. Jesus made a way for us to be in a relationship with our Heavenly Father again. He gave His life for it. He is the reason we are UNITED with God.
I got a text last night from a friend asking for prayer. She had been fighting with her husband, temporarily separated from him because of an argument. Jason and I have had those kind of arguments. The kind that divide us for awhile. The kind that seem like a really big deal when you're in the middle of them, but that you can't really remember a couple weeks later. The "what were we arguing about again?" kind of arguments. So I got it. I understood. And I started to pray. (Via text message. Isn't technology wonderful?)
I used the authority Jesus gave me when I accepted Him as my Savior to bind all enemies of Christ from their home. I asked that the Holy Spirit would fill them with His love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control (Galatians 5:22-23). I asked that He would cause all things in their marriage to come together for good so that they could be an effective force in sharing the Good News of the Gospel. I thanked God that He sent His son to stand in the gap for us. And then I asked Him to stand in the gap for my friend and her husband to bridge them back together.
I truly believe that Jesus is the way. Not just the way for us to be in relationship with God, but the way for us to be in relationship with each other. Through Him, we are united. We can forgive. We can heal. We can move forward. Because of Jesus, and for His glory.
Read His prayer in John 17:
Verses 9-11: “My prayer is not for the world, but for those you have given me, because they belong to you. All who are mine belong to you, and you have given them to me, so they bring me glory. Now I am departing from the world; they are staying in this world, but I am coming to you. Holy Father, you have given me your name; now protect them by the power of your name so that they will be united just as we are."
Verses 20-23: “I am praying not only for these disciples but also for all who will ever believe in me through their message. I pray that they will all be one, just as you and I are one - as you are in me, Father, and I am in you. And may they be in us so that the world will believe you sent me. I have given them the glory you gave me, so they may be one as we are one. I am in them and you are in me. May they experience such perfect unity that the world will know that you sent me and that you love them as much as you love me."
Jesus stood in the gap between you & God. He will stand in the gap between you & whoever you feel separated from right now. If you have a relationship that feels broken right now, put Jesus in the center. He unites us. He brings us together so we can point people toward Him and show the world how good, how caring, how loving He is.
JESUS. He is the WAY.
