I am the way and the truth and the life

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​Do you live your life just going through the motions, simply settling for how life turned out for you, or do you you know what it means to live your life to the full? Jesus said in our Gospel on Sunday, “I am the way and the truth and the life” (John 14:6). Can it be any clearer why God calls us to be his disciples?  So that we can have life to the full! Jesus is the way.  He is the only way. Jesus doesn’t say that “I am a way.” He isn’t just one way among other ways to show us what life is all about. He’s the only way for us to come to know real happiness and joy. Jesus is the truth. When there are so many competing voices in our society wanting to influence our lives with their own “truth”, Jesus is the only Truth that brings real freedom and fulfillment. As he said, “The truth will set you free” (John 8:32) - revealing the truth of God, but also, the truth of ourselves, in order to be set free. Jesus is life. He wants to give us life. “I came so that they might have life and have it more abundantly” (John 10:10). Following in his way and listening to his truth, he shows us how to have life to full with so much zeal and excitement, driven with so much purpose. Knowing that is what’s in store for us, it seems to be an easy choice to follow through with God’s call.