The Path and the Way of the Life!

“You make known to me the path of life; you will fill me with joy in your presence, with eternal pleasures at your right hand.” – Psalm 16:11 NIV

First of all, we have to know that Jesus Christ is the way of the life (John 14:6), which leads us to the eternal kingdom of heaven. This is because our actual citizenship is in there, as Philippians 3:18-21, 2 Corinthians 5:1 states:

For, as I have often told you before and now tell you again even with tears, many live as enemies of the cross of Christ. Their destiny is destruction, their god is their stomach, and their glory is in their shame. Their mind is set on earthly things. But our citizenship is in heaven. And we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ, who, by the power that enables him to bring everything under his control, will transform our lowly bodies so that they will be like his glorious body. For we know that if the earthly tent we live in is destroyed, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands.

The reason that we belong to heaven is that we are the children of God. (1 John 3:1) However, we ought to not only believe about Him, but in Him, for the word of God declares:

Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God—children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband’s will, but born of God. (John 1:12-13)

Believing in Christ means that while we believe, we are doing the will of God in full-devotion that has been called to us by the Holy Spirit, “for we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.” (Ephesians 2:10) Hence, we have to abide in the Holy Spirit (John 14:15-17,26-27) in whatever we do, if we committed our whole lives in Christ Jesus!

Be very careful, then, how you live—not as unwise but as wise, making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil. Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the Lord’s will is. Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to debauchery. Instead, be filled with the Spirit. (Ephesians 5:15-18)

Secondly, God, our heavenly Father longs every one of us to come together to worship Him daily, since each one of us are temples of Holy Spirit (1 Corinthians 3:16) and members of Christ (Romans 12:4-5). This is why we go to church (Ephesians 2:20-22) and our great commission from Jesus (Matthew 28:18-20) is to evangelize Him by becoming ambassadors of Christ Jesus. (Matthew 5:14-16, 1 Peter 2:9, 2 Corinthians 5:20) Great example for this would be Apostle Paul:

Now I rejoice in what I am suffering for you, and I fill up in my flesh what is still lacking in regard to Christ's afflictions, for the sake of his body, which is the church. I have become its servant by the commission God gave me to present to you the word of God in its fullness—the mystery that has been kept hidden for ages and generations, but is now disclosed to the Lord's people. (Colossians 1:24-26)

Even if we don’t suffer like Paul and we do not go to church daily—let’s glorify God in everything that we do. (1 Corinthians 10:31) In order to do this, we need to abide the Holy Spirit to do the will of God, since “God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in the Spirit and in truth.” (John 4:24)

Don’t be misled—you cannot mock the justice of God. You will always harvest what you plant. Those who live only to satisfy their own sinful nature will harvest decay and death from that sinful nature. But those who live to please the Spirit will harvest everlasting life from the Spirit. So let’s not get tired of doing what is good. At just the right time we will reap a harvest of blessing if we don’t give up. Therefore, whenever we have the opportunity, we should do good to everyone—especially to those in the family of faith. (Galatians 6:7-10)