Jesus is the way

Have you ever gone to the mall and wondered where a certain store was so you go to one of those marques that has a map of the mall? One of the first things you do is find the store you want to go to. Then you find where you are at. On ever marque there is a spot that says "YOU ARE HERE" Once you know where you are, you can make your way to the store you want to go to, however, you do need to follow the route. You also need to be sure to not let yourself get distracted or you may spend all your money at another store.

 The same is true when we set our eyes on Heaven. The first thing we do is to look to where we want to go. We want to go to Heaven, we want to live out eternity with our Lord, Savior, Friend, Father, Brother...Jesus. Once we have determined our ultimate goal, Heaven, we need to see where we are. We need to know exactly "WHERE I AM" We need to acknowledge our sins and our need for forgiveness. We need to make a conscience decision to turn from our sinful ways and repent. To repent literally means to stop, turn around, and go in the other direction. Once we acknowledge our sinful life, the lies we tell, the secrets we hide, the masks we wear, the idols we keep, we can then repent and make the conscience decision to not go back. We can then stop, turn around, and head in the right direction that will take us to life eternity with our Lord. We will then follow the path by following Jesus.
Jesus tells us that we are to follow Him because He is the only way.

"Jesus told him [Thomas], "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one can come to the Father except through me."  (John 14:6)

He also tells us that the path is narrow.

"Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it." (Matthew 7:13)

We must follow the narrow path, if we allow ourselves the wider path, we are allowing ourselves to be distracted from our ultimate goal. And when we are distracted, it is easy to lose our way the same as so many already have.

"YOU ARE HERE"
Where will you go from HERE?