This Is The Way, Walk In It!

"And your ears will hear a word behind you, 'This is the way, walk in it', whenever you turn to the right or to the left" (Isaiah 30:21).

Some people are very patient and wait to hear from the Lord before they make decisions or take different directions in life and then there are others who simple "jump in with both feet."

As I read this passage of scripture it made me think of the foot race that Peter and John had on that "Resurrection" morning as they raced to the open tomb where Jesus was laid only a few days earlier. It is the book of John, and in chapter 20, verses 3 through 8 there is an incredibly beautiful testament of belief. It says, "Peter therefore went forth, and the other disciple (John), and they were going to the tomb. And the two were running together; and the other disciple ran ahead faster than Peter, and came to the tomb first; and stooping and looking in, he saw the linen wrappings lying there; but he did not go in. Simon Peter therefore also came, following him, and entered the tomb; and he beheld the linen wrappings lying there, and the face-cloth, which had been on His head, not lying with the linen wrappings, but rolled up in a place by itself. So the other disciple who had first come to the tomb entered then also, and he saw and believed."

John was obviously a younger man so he easily outran Peter to the tomb, but he stopped and looked in and he "saw the linen wrappings lying there; but he did not go in." So after the race, John stops and cautiously takes a look in, not quite sure what he is seeing or believing and then Peter arrives a few steps behind and we all know "impetuous" Peter. He threw caution to the wind and stormed right into the tomb and he also "saw" but the word used here is "beheld..."

Peter did not know what was inside of that tomb but he knew a few days earlier it was where they put his Lord, Jesus Christ. It's like he was hearing God say, "Go on in and check it out" and when he did he "beheld" (another word for "saw") still not quite understanding what all of this meant. And so finally, in verse 8, that other disciple who had first come to the tomb entered then also, and he "saw" and he "believed." Peter, very impetuous and John cautiously optimistic and when John "saw" he "believed."

God tells some of us, you go over here and to others of us, you go over there, but he allows all of us to "see" the wondrous resurrection of Jesus Christ for what it really was. The King of kings and Lord of lords, beating back death and coming out of the grave alive and once John saw with understanding, he "believed".

What may it take for you to believe? God is that still small voice of Isaiah 30:21 saying "This is the way, walk in it". I sit here in amazement still today, after seeing that wonderful documentary about "The Cross - The Arthur Blessitt Story" as Authur hears that voice from behind him, and even as he lay in a hospital bed with an aneurysm in his brain, he heard God speak, believed God's Word, left that hospital bed and walked (over 38,000 miles) for the Lord all around the world, telling people about Jesus Christ.

I sat in a doctor's office waiting on my wife today and while I sat there, I heard this small quiet voice behind me and it kept saying "go and tell them about Me. You have seen and believed, now go and tell them about Me." So I got up out of my chair. I went over to the man sitting there and started sharing Christ with him. Before I knew it, his wife and the receptionist were involved in the conversation and God was glorified. Can you imagine???!!!

Your ears will hear a word behind you, "This is the way, walk in it." When you hear it, behold His glory and then share Him with someone close by. Don't be afraid to jump in with both feed! You will be blessed.

Dave