Why Prepare Straight Paths for Jesus

First part here.

Each time God makes a major Kingdom move, he sends servants ahead to "prepare straight paths" or "the way" for Him. 

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“I will send my messenger ahead of you,
who will prepare your way”[C] —
3 “a voice of one calling in the wilderness,
‘Prepare the way for the Lord,
make straight paths for him.’”[D]

- Mark 1 

Why? Because the servants or prophets are harbingers of his power. When God makes an entrance, it's always to demonstrate his supernatural power. This is so even with salvation. God's saving grace is actually his power to save. And his servants ought to demonstrate that power to give people hints of what kind of Kingdom God has or what Move he is about to do. And for sure, it's a move that nothing man (even redeemed man) can do on his own.

1 Corinthians 1:18

For the word of the cross is folly to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.

This is why it has to be accompanied by supernatural power--to show that it's nothing of man. And the straight paths we make (and "the way" we prepare for the Lord) should be as accurate as God wants them to be--an intro to the coming Move of God. We have to make clear that it's nothing of man or his religion or church program or activity. It is purely of GOD. Mixing God's Move with man's efforts, understanding, ability or plans makes the paths we make cease being "straight paths for the Lord." 

The intro should be nothing short of supernatural. The supernatural factor makes people's faith genuine.

1 Corinthians 2.5

For I resolved to know nothing while I was with you except Jesus Christ and him crucified. I came to you in weakness and fear, and with much trembling. so that your faith might not rest on men's wisdom, but on God's power.

John the Baptist was the servant sent ahead of Jesus as a voice crying in the wilderness. To people's perception, his ministry was not marked with signs and wonders [John 10.41]. 

"They said, 'Though John never performed a sign, all that John said about this man was true.' "

But that's just their perception because they lacked spiritual discernment. They didn't know that John saw the heavens open and the Holy Spirit descending as a dove and resting on Jesus Christ, aside from hearing the supernatural voice of God declaring Jesus as His pleasing Son.

Secondly, the mere fact that "everything John said about this man was true" confirmed the accuracy of his prophecy. And prophecy is something supernatural. It's a powerful miracle. Not to mention how Jesus said John was the Elijah "who was to come," if we're willing to accept it.

Thus, when he declared Jesus as the Lamb of God, he did it with supernatural power from God. He could not have done so without God's supernatural revelation. Only supernatural revelation from the Holy Spirit can make God's servants prepare straight paths for the Lord. Nothing else can, especially not our own smart or systematic understanding of the bible, not the nice church programs or activities we plan, even if we pray hard for them a lot. 

And the same principle works in these last days when His remnant believers prepare straight paths for the Second Coming of Jesus Christ. We have to be servants sent ahead preparing straight paths for the Lord by relying 100 percent on the revelation and supernatural power of the Holy Spirit.

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