The Way

As we begin to walk the Way of the Christ, we soon learn it is the unplanned way.  It is the way which causes us to look ahead at the Leader and wonder if He has lost His way.  Surely, it was never His intention for us to walk the way the Way He walks is taking us. It is not just the unplanned way, but it is the hard way.  Not just the hard way, but the very hard way.  Good sense says that if this is the best He can do for those who follow Him, then maybe those who follow Him should find another to follow.   

Yet, even though common sense calls for us to forsake Him and His Way, faith has a way of keeping us on in the Way He called us to walk so long ago. We fuss.  We complain.  We tell Him we deserve better. We even suggest what better looks like and He listens, but continues in the Way He is going.  And, what do we do?  We continue to walk the Way He is walking. 

It is as if our faith tells us that there really is no other way and that the One who leads is not calling us to walk where He has not already walked.  Perhaps, a thing more important than the Leader having walked the way we are walking is the way our faith gives us a vision of Him knowing the way that is stretching out before us.  Faith tell us that He will not be surprised at what is ahead and that somewhere between here and there, He will get us ready for whatever it is that is out there.  It is not an easy way.  But, it is the Way.  And we walk it in faith because we trust the One who walks ahead of us and because we know His goal is to lead us Home.