Saturday | May 11, 2024
Acts 18:25
[Apollos] had been instructed in the Way of the Lord and, with ardent spirit, spoke and taught accurately about Jesus…
The 6th Week of Easter
The Way
What is the Way of the Lord? A way is a path, a traveled road. A way can also be the journey itself. Acts notes that Apollos, “had been instructed in the Way of the Lord,” where “the Way” refers to Jesus himself and to his teachings. Ultimately, “the Way of the Lord” implies all the above. It is a spiritual journey with Jesus the Christ, “the way and the truth and the life” (John 14:6).
The earliest followers of Jesus were known as “people of the Way” (Acts 9:2), a name rooted in the disciples’ belief that Jesus was—and is—“the Way” to God the Father. And Jesus’ great command: “You shall love the Lord, your God, with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind…. You shall love your neighbor as yourself” (Matthew 22:37, 39).
What would my life look like if I lived intentionally enough to be labeled as one of the “people of the Way”?
- María Ruiz Scaperlanda
Acts 18:23-28 • Psalm 47:2-3, 8-10 • John 16:23b-28
