To get us to our destination, all life’s roads keep leading us back to the Lamb.

Published: Nov. 5, 2023, 10 a.m.

Normally we think of life’s crossroads as places we want to leave. But there are certain crossroads that are exactly where Jesus wants us to be. Life with him is lived at the intersection of all that is already ours but has not yet been fully delivered. This week we see that life with Jesus is lived at the intersection of sight and reality. Although those who belong to Jesus often look no different from the rest of the people of the world – they still sin; they still suffer – God points us to the unseen reality that we are saints in his sight. Through the blood of Jesus all our sins have been washed clean. That same Jesus promises to shepherd us safely through life to the eternal pastures of heaven where suffering is no more.