Isaiah 46:11 And I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not; I will lead them in paths that they have not known: I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do unto them, and not forsake them.

Last night I was confronted with a truth for which I did not have a complete answer ready. “But there is but one God.” In order to understand why that comment posed me any difficulty is hidden in the conversation. My issue was that we are all individuals and God treats us as individuals and the way that God treats us in order to draw us closer to Him isn’t always the same.

John 14:6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

Yes, Jesus is the Way, but He comes and gets me where I am and leads me to the Father. Please not in Isaiah 46:11 that paths is plural. It seems difficult from a human standpoint to see Jesus as the Way without thinking of the Way as a path. The truth is that we are all different. We have different history. We have different teachers. We have different understanding.

If I were to walk from here to Washington D.C. there are many path choices I could make, with many different experiences along the way. If I have a guide to lead me, I have to depend on that guide to lead me to D.C. If I stray off that path I have to depend on Him to get me on a right path to D.C. which isn’t the same one I was on.

Would someone in Michigan come all the way down to my home to find the path I took to D.C., no, his guide would lead him on another path, different road signs and different experiences. The goal, the final destination would be the same, but I would follow Jesus to the Father.

How I know this with any certainty is that there are twelve gates to city. My road only lead to one of them.