Today’s Devotional: The Glory Road
I’m terrible with directions. Even with a turn-by-turn list to a location I’ve been to more than once I’ll still manage to get lost on occasion. This directional deficiency can be wildly frustrating at times, but it also gives me plenty of opportunities to practice humility.
Because of my issues with directions, this devotional from Strength for the Journey really resonated with me. The author uses the metaphor of a traveling on a road to describe our relationship with Christ. He calls the road that Jesus walked the Glory Road. We know we’re walking the Glory Road when we see our life begin to match His:
Following Jesus means that we stay on the road with Him. And, if you ask me what road Jesus travels, I would answer that His road is the Glory Road. Throughout His entire life and ministry, one dynamic was always in play. He lived to demonstrate the glory of His father. When John summarized the life of Jesus (as though someone had asked him to describe Jesus in 25 words or less), he pointed out that Jesus made His dwelling among us and noted that the disciples had seen His glory, the glory of the One and Only . . . full of grace and truth (John 1:14). Simply put, Jesus came to glorify God by showing us what God was really like. He traveled that glory road all the way to the cross where the love, mercy, grace, justice, and holiness of God were demonstrated in a dramatic moment of servanthood and sacrifice.
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So, to be a follower of Jesus means that we must be on the road with Himthe glory road. Thats where He travels. And, youll know you are on the right road when your life looks more and more like Jesus in attitude and action, because He is the radiance of Gods glory (Hebrews 1:3). Youll know that youre getting up to speed with Him when you see all your relationships and encounters as opportunities to make the qualities and characteristics of our glorious God clearly seen and experienced.
