A Highway to Heaven

 DEVOTION

                                                          THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO LUKE

A HIGHWAY TO HEAVEN

Luke 3:4-6

4 As is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet: "A voice of one calling in the desert, 'Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for him. 5 Every valley shall be filled in, every mountain and hill made low. The crooked roads shall become straight, the rough ways smooth. 6 And all mankind will see God's salvation.'"  

NIV

We are still looking into the life of John the Baptist and now we consider the prophetic words of Isaiah that were meant about John, although Isaiah was inspired by the Spirit, we do not believe Isaiah had any foreknowledge about the actual person of John, the son of Zechariah and Elizabeth hundreds of years after Isaiah said these words. Although they are spoken directly relating to John, we can see some truths that could relate to our lives today. We should prepare a way for the Lord in our hearts and thus our lives, making a straight path for him within us. It is so easy to get all messed up in this life and make things so complicated for us when we try to establish so many rules to abide by. We might even get so entrenched in trying to do all the right things and keep ourselves from doing anything not right, that we might make the path for Jesus within us so crooked that is difficult for Him to have full reign in our lives. However, when we make that path within our hearts straight for the Lord, he will fill every low time in us. When we are having some troubles or difficult times, the Lord will fill that valley, so that we need not suffer anxiousness or depression. At the same time, when we face a difficult situation where we are struggling to get something accomplished, the Lord will make that mountain and hill low, or we could stay that He will slay any giant we are facing. When we allow Jesus full reign in our lives, those crooked roads we encounter will become straight, and He will make those rough times smooth. We have been told over and over again in the word of God that we should not be worried or be afraid of anything in this life, for God dwells within us, making straight our path, for we have seen God’s salvation, in fact, God’s salvation is in our hearts and we live on a highway to heaven.