His Way, Our Highway

UV 4303/10000 His Way, Our Highway And I will make all My mountains a roadway, and My highways will be raised. Isaiah 49 v 11 We begin life by being stubborn and thinking, “ My way or the highway!” We change to some extent when we hit some roadblocks. But the Lord promises to make His way our highway. Every path we take becomes a virtual “road to Emmaus” for the Lord accompanies us on whichever road we take. Jesus said, “ I Am the Way!” In other words, Jesus is the way to eternal life, truth, peace, happiness, health, success, holistic prosperity, destiny, fulfilment. So we can walk in Him and walk with Him, too. Further, the Lord promises in this uni-verse to make all our problems a path to help us progress to where He wants to see us in terms of character, faith, testimony, contribution. The word of God is the sledgehammer to break the rocks in our mountains, to level it and flatten it to build the highways of the Lord. The word gives us guidance on what we should do immediately or today ( a lamp unto our feet) as well as in the short, mid-term, long term and in eternity ( a light unto our path). Not only does the Lord build a road or highway for us to traverse through life but shines a light on our pathway. For every problem or mountain we face in our lives, there is a promise or a specific word from the Lord in scripture. Building a roadway through mountains or by clearing mountains is not an easy task. It takes time, effort, discipline, energy, technology and sometimes even explosives and heavy machinery. The Lord will give us explosives from the word to blow up the spiritual strongholds, the barriers that stand in our way. He does not just give us the blueprint for the highway to be constructed but He stands with us as we build the road. The landscape keeps changing in our lives. Sometimes, we are travelling in a desert with no landmarks to guide us. Even in the desert where it is difficult or impossible to lay a good road, the Lord will enable us by His grace. The ways of the Lord are higher, much higher than the ways of man and hence, the highways of the Lord are raised far above the human ability to perceive, imagine or think of. As we engage in road building with the Lord, we will experience, see and hear things that the eye has not seen nor the ear heard or entered even into our very imagination. Every time we confront a mountain or a challenge in our lives, we are moved by the Lord to the next level of faith, hope and love. The purpose of the journey is not to get somewhere but to experience newer and deeper facets of our relationship with our Road Builder- the Lord.