“how can we know the way? ” [John 14:5]

“how can we know the way? “. More than just listening to the words of Jesus, we need the illumination of the Holy Spirit upon the words. Thomas lacked this.
He should have known that when he saw Jesus he saw the Father. He should have believed that the Father was in the Son and the Son in the Father. He should have recognised that the words that Jesus spoke and the works He did were the result of the Father dwelling in Him.
Had he believed this Thomas would have experienced the Father likewise working in his own life. He would have known a prayer-answering God.
But he didn’t. Instead he asked this question that revealed that he had missed the point of Jesus’ comforting words. Not knowing the way is the same as being lost.