John 14:1-11 - The Way

The Lord said to his disciples, "Let not your hearts be troubled; believe in God, believe also in me. In my Father's house there are many rooms; if it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you? And when I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to myself, that where I am you may be also. And you know the way where I am going." Thomas said to him, "Lord, we do not know where you are going; how can we know the way?" Jesus said to him, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father, but by me. If you had known me, you would have known my Father also; henceforth you know him and have seen him."

Philip said to him, "Lord, show us the Father, and we shall be satisfied." Jesus said to him, "Have I been with you so long, and yet you do not know me, Philip? He who has seen me has seen the Father; how can you say, 'Show us the Father?' Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father in me? The words that I say to you I do not speak on my own authority; but the Father who dwells in me does his works. Believe me that I am in the Father and the Father in me."

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 Do I really want to know God as Thomas did? He asked Jesus, "Show us the Father." Jesus replied that if he has seen Jesus, than he has seen the Father.  Yes, what I need to do, in order to know God, is to know Jesus. For Jesus is God and Jesus is in the Father and the Father is in Him.

Oh, the divine, unfathomable mystery! God is in Three Persons yet there is One God! The way to know this God is to know Jesus. Jesus declares Himself to be the Way. It's not that Jesus presents a spiritual techique or any 12 step program in order to Know God. Rather, Since He is the Way to God, we need to get to know Him. Jesus is the Way to the Father and happy is the man who discovers that!

O Lord, Help me to know Jesus.  May I be united in Him and, by being so, we I know God. Amen.