By Brad Campbell –

Just a thought to help start your week.

These little sea planes fascinate me.  They take off from the water, and they land on the water.  We walked around the downtown port area of Juneau, Alaska, not only taking in the amazing scenery all around us, but watching these planes coming and going.  We had not arrived by plane, but by ship, as had many others.  The boats of all sizes were lined up very near the planes.

Juneau, Alaska, is known as the only U.S. state capital city that cannot be reached from the outside world (or even the rest of the state) by car.  One must arrive by another method of transportation.

In today’s world we are given many transportation options.  On this trip to Alaska, my wife and I traveled in some way or other by private car, bus, airplane, ship, train, monorail, sky-lift, and taxi.  We encountered many different people of different races, cultures, and religions.  Travel is what we all had in common.  But to arrive in Juneau, we were all limited by the travel options.

For the Christian travelers of this old world, we look forward to our final destination – Heaven.  But the thing is, there are not all those options for transportation to that wonderful place.  Heaven is even more limited than Juneau.  There is only one Way to get there.  And that is through a relationship of saving faith in Jesus Christ.  He reminds us in His Word that He is the only Way.  The uninformed worldly individual might argue that we Christians belong to an exclusive group, limiting our inclusion, and even the means to get there.  Well, the truth sometimes hurts, doesn’t it?  

The only way we were to get to Juneau was by the ship on which we traveled, or by an airplane.  The only Way we are to get to Heaven is through Him.  So, yes, it requires exclusive membership in the family of God, a group to which I’m honored to belong, as we all should be.

But let us not forget the other weary travelers who need to be reminded of the limited transportation.  One road.  One Way.  And His name is Jesus.

Just a thought.