“Let not your hearts be troubled.” Those are the first words of John 14. They are spoken as if we are being commanded. But how can we obey those words? How can we keep our hearts from being troubled? They just do that on their own. We aren’t choosing to trouble our hearts.

The verse goes on with what we’re to do. “Believe in God; believe also in Me.”

That’s how. We believe. We have faith. We trust the trustworthy, faithful, always loving, only good God.

The context, though, is that we are able to not be troubled because Jesus is preparing a place for us and will come and get us so that we can be with Him.

Thomas wasn’t putting two and two together. Jesus said He would bring us to Himself. Thomas asks, “How can we know the way?”

Jesus answers, “I am the way.”

Knowing that you are in Christ is important in understanding that you are in God’s will. If you are in Christ, you are in the way. You are literally in THE Way. How could you go off course if you remain in Christ?

Philip isn’t putting it all together either. He wants to see the Father. Jesus says, “If you’ve seen Me, then you’ve seen the Father.”

When you heard Jesus speak, you heard the Father. When you saw His works, you saw the Father’s works.

When people see us, they should see Christ if we are hidden in Christ. When we speak, they should hear Christ’s words. We should not be speaking on our own authority, just as Christ. And we should be doing the works of Christ. He says that those who believe in Him will do His works, and even greater works.

When people are with you, are they hearing your words, or God’s? When they see you, are they seeing Christ? When people are with you, are they getting to know you or Jesus?