There are Two Routes, But One Route

Hello everyone,

Last time, I wrote on How To Live with emphasis on how to live our daily lives by the faith of Jesus, thus, pleasing God in everything we do. My focus today is on understanding the dynamics of life, on how we live. We need to understand that no matter how the world is, there is still a pattern, nothing happens by accident, in other words, just the way we all drive our cars on roads following a particular route, likewise there are routes in life which can never collide, because you cannot be on more than one route at the same time. In the same vein, life has only two routes, but one route, sounds funny right? Life has two routes but one route, I’m sure many are thinking I’m referring to heaven and hell, but that’s not what I’m referring to exactly. There are two routes but there is only one route you can create throughout your stay here on earth, the final destination would either fall on any of the routes you choose eventually, let me explain further.

I said there are two routes but one route, what are the two routes? They are the route of Grace and the route of Self, these two are the only two existing routes, but how you live would be to take a route, which would be to stay permanently in one or falling in and out of either which depicts a person who is indecisive. Now, to be on a route has its conditions which affect the person on either side. For the route of Grace, you receive all the conditions of Grace given by God through the finished works of Jesus, and if you don’t want that, you need to get off that route to the other route which is the route of Self, that is, every decision here is self, based, not being led by the Holy Spirit, everything here has nothing to do with what is on the other side. But the truth is that both routes are not heading the same way. Let me elaborate further.

The life of man can be affected by sickness, poverty, death, condemnation and many more, but this can only happen on the man on the Self route, because you can only determine where your route is, based on what you believe, and what you believe affects how you live. A man may not have all these listed earlier just because he is careful, but that doesn’t mean it can’t affect him if he doesn’t take care of himself, because he believes they are real and they exist. But the man on the route of Grace has, life of Jesus, health of Jesus, wealth of Jesus, wisdom of Jesus, no condemnation, sin-free life, and many more because he believes these as real and true, and to believe these, would be to believe in Jesus because it is His life that is given to you as Grace.

But there are times, even though those who believe in Jesus are not confident on the route they are on, they move to the other route without knowing, even though they do technically, an example would be a health issue. Just because a person was on the Self route, he was affected by certain illnesses, but having heard about a new route of Grace he believed and moved over, but just because he moved over didn’t necessarily imply instant change immediately because the change starts from within, the person felt the route wasn’t true and went back believing that the ill health was real. The truth is that in the route of Grace ill health doesn’t exist, so if you take that route, illnesses would be taken off you because it isn’t accepted there, in other words, illnesses cease to exist, what you need to do is to confess that it doesn’t exist, and by doing so, you need to replace that part which said illness exist with something else, and in this case it is the word of God. The more you confess where your life is, you become more and more like a true citizen of where you belong. Don’t allow the life of the other route to pop in, because you have left that place, you just need to persevere, and this is where our helper comes in—the Holy Spirit, or do you prefer the other route where you keep nursing yourself to health or being conscious of death, sickness, poverty? Of course, you don’t, on the route of Grace, you are to be conscious of the conditions of who you are, a brand new life of Christ with no illness, sickness, no death, an incorruptible body, no condemnation, and many more. Don’t be indecisive by going back and forth both routes which would never favour you. Stay on the route that leads to life, and is life itself. “I call heaven and earth as witnesses today against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing; therefore choose life, that both you and your descendants may live.” Deuteronomy 30:19.

May the LORD bless you and keep you, make His face shine upon you. May the LORD be gracious to you and lift up His countenance upon you, and give you peace. AMEN.

                    

Why not accept Jesus today if you haven’t. Pray out loud, “Jesus, I confess that You are my Lord and Saviour. I believe in my heart that God raised You from the dead. By faith in Your Word, I receive salvation now. Thank You for saving me!” Congratulations, you’re born again, you are now brand new!

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Unless otherwise stated, the following scriptures are gotten from New King James Version (NKJV)