No one comes to the Father except through Me. John 14:6
I don’t like mazes. You find them in puzzle magazines, on the back of cereal boxes, or as “busy work” in school when the teacher needs to fill in a few extra minutes.
I don’t like them because they “waste” so much space. The correct path through the maze is usually narrow and direct. The rest of the maze is just a distraction.
I don’t like them because they are sneaky. It LOOKS like there are many ways to find the center. But in a good maze, there is only one.
Usually, I cheat. I start the maze at the end, and work towards the beginning. For some reason, that makes it easier to solve.
But really, I don’t like them because I am not very good at them. I get lost easily.
Okay, now this might seem silly, but think about mazes and God for a moment.
In a way, though, mankind’s relationship with God is like a maze. Imagine God being in the center, and we are placed outside. Our life’s task is to find the center.
There is a lot of wasted space in our life’s maze… space that doesn’t really help with our goal of finding the center. Far too much of my time is wasted on things that don’t really matter, and I let the important things slip away.
It looks as if there are many ways to the center. But there really is only one pathway that works. Religions may LOOK helpful, but they don’t lead to God.
This “relationship with God” maze is a tough one. The only way to solve it is to start at the center and move towards the outside. Salvation starts with Christ, not with us.