E. Stanley Jones, that great Methodist missionary who spent his life in India, said one day he had planned a trip to the jungle. It was his first, so he hired a guide. The guide had a machete and they came to the edge of the jungle and being unfamiliar with the ways of the jungle, Stanley Jones asked the guide, “Well, where is the trail? Where is the path?” And the guide said, “Sir, I am the trail. I am the path. Follow me. Trust me. Believe me and I will get you through and to your destination.”
Jesus comes to us to say, “I am the trail. I am the path. I am the way. I haven’t come simply to tell you where you can find the way. I haven’t come to lead you up to the way and say go on from here. I am the way and if you will trust me, if you will believe in me, if you will follow me, I will get you there to God and to life everlasting.”