John 14:6

Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

If we consider that being with God the Father in eternity is the end of the path we are on, then how we come to that eventual end is dependent on coming through Christ.

It begins with Jesus and believjng by faith that Jesus is the Way. 

Matthew 4:19

And he said to them, “Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.”

Jesus called His disciples with purpose. Here in this simple comment is a hint to the path we are to walk. Jesus makes us what He needs us to be to serve a purpose. As with His disciples, He gets to tell each of us what He is calling us to do.

From the moment we are born again in the spirit we began this journey of discovery in who we are in Christ.

1 Corinthians 12:4-11 English Standard Version

4 Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit; 5 and there are varieties of service, but the same Lord; 6 and there are varieties of activities, but it is the same God who empowers them all in everyone. 7 To each is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good. 8 For to one is given through the Spirit the utterance of wisdom, and to another the utterance of knowledge according to the same Spirit, 9 to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by the one Spirit, 10 to another the working of miracles, to another prophecy, to another the ability to distinguish between spirits, to another various kinds of tongues, to another the interpretation of tongues. 11 All these are empowered by one and the same Spirit, who apportions to each one individually as he wills.

As newborns in Christ we wonder how we are to be empowered by the spirit.

Since Jesus is the way, do we do it like Jesus did it?

John 5:19

So Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of his own accord, but only what he sees the Father doing. For whatever the Father does, that the Son does likewise.

Exodus 33:7-11 English Standard Version

The Tent of Meeting

7 Now Moses used to take the tent and pitch it outside the camp, far off from the camp, and he called it the tent of meeting. And everyone who sought the Lord would go out to the tent of meeting, which was outside the camp. 8 Whenever Moses went out to the tent, all the people would rise up, and each would stand at his tent door, and watch Moses until he had gone into the tent. 9 When Moses entered the tent, the pillar of cloud would descend and stand at the entrance of the tent, and the Lord would speak with Moses. 10 And when all the people saw the pillar of cloud standing at the entrance of the tent, all the people would rise up and worship, each at his tent door. 11 Thus the Lord used to speak to Moses face to face, as a man speaks to his friend. When Moses turned again into the camp, his assistant Joshua the son of Nun, a young man, would not depart from the tent.

Are there signs here to be read and understood?

The answer is sure there are but what does that have to do with anyone here?

When the Lord gives a sign it is deliberate and has purpose. What that means to the individual who reads those signs is totally dependent on God’s purpose for that individual who is seeing the signs. God is the author and finisher of our faith, not this writer.

Anyone can say what they see but that only means something to them. It might be a teaching moment for a teacher. It might be a movement to create unity in a congregation when shown to a pastor. It might be historical or personal. How it reaches us on a personal level should be by faith.

Wisdom within those that are gifted by God tells them how to apply the signs to their specific responsibilities in serving God and glorifying Him.

Why did I choose these passages? A friend posted an edited quote to Exodus 33:14. I found it curious and went to Exodus 33 to discover what the context was relating to his edited quote.

I have questions. The Lord has answers. 

Those questions are mine. I don’t have a right to place my questions before others without first going to the Lord for answers.

This leads me to ask this question; are signs necessary to discover the right path?