Me-Maw Thoughts
Number 596
September 13, 2022//
Where you gonna go?
When the world seems cold and crazy and our leaders seem to have lost their minds, “Where you gonna go”!
When your personal life is falling apart and nothing is going right, “Where you gonna go?”
In John six the disciples were faced with that question!
John 6:67-69 (KJV)
67 Then said Jesus unto the twelve, Will ye also go away?
68 Then Simon Peter answered him, LORD, TO WHOM SHALL WE GO? THOU HAST THE WORDS OF ETERNAL LIFE.
69 AND WE BELIEVE AND ARE SURE THAT THOU ART THAT CHRIST, THE SON OF THE LIVING GOD.
Peters answer for all of the twelve should always be our answer. There is no place to run to! Are you going to run to your money, your success, the national and world leaders?
Are you going to run to the numbing of drugs, alcohol, excessive buying, fun, parties, or an open bedroom? “Where you gonna go”?
Are you going to lose yourself in exercise, outward beauty treatments, clothes, or work?
When you are in turmoil inside and your health is failing and your friends let you down and your spouse just walked out, “Where you gonna go”?
When you just buried your child or the person you have loved and been with for 60 years, “Where you gonna go”?
It is good to have friends to talk to about our situations. It is good to have Doctors to help our bodies to heal, and it is good to have family we can depend on! But none of these can fill that need of a connection deep inside to the one who created us and knows us better than we know ourselves!
Where can you get that emptiness filled, that despair turned into hope and that need turned into abundance? Go to the Rock Christ Jesus!
Psalm 61:2-3 (KJV)
2 From the end of the earth will I cry unto thee, when my heart is overwhelmed: lead me to the rock that is higher than I.
3 For thou hast been a shelter for me, and a strong tower from the enemy.
“Where you gonna go?”
Psalm 94:22 (KJV)
But the LORD is my defence; and my God is the rock of my refuge.
Have you ever said something like, “No one understands what I am going through”, Or maybe you know something is not right in your body and no Doctor seems to be able to pinpoint the problem, or maybe you hurt so deep, or your dreams are so deep you cannot even voice them to others?
Have you ever felt no one cared for you or what you think? May I tell you there is one who knows, who cares and who can fill that need deep inside, guide you to the answers on the outside, and heal the hurts and loneliness, and bring the dreams and desires that are deep down to pass!
“Where you gonna go?”
Some lines from and old, old song are:
“Are you weary, are you heavy laden, tell it to Jesus, tell it to Jesus. Are you grieving over joys departed, tell it to Jesus alone!”
“Do the tears flow down your checks unbidden, tell it to Jesus, tell it to Jesus.”
It continues and then the Chorus says:
“Tell it to Jesus, tell it to Jesus, He is a friend that’s well known. You have no other such a friend or brother, tell it to Jesus alone.”
He is always there, He is always listening, and He is always full of Love and compassion!
The last part of the answer Peter gave Jesus is the key to being able to fully Trust Him and cast all our cares on Him and tell Him everything. I repeat it here:
LORD, TO WHOM SHALL WE GO? THOU HAST THE WORDS OF ETERNAL LIFE.
69 AND WE BELIEVE AND ARE SURE THAT THOU ART THAT CHRIST, THE SON OF THE LIVING GOD.
Do we really believe Jesus is who He says He is? Do we believe He is the Christ the Son of the Living God? Do we lean on His everlasting arms and receive His Love?
That is the key! Know who Jesus is and tell Him all your cares, dreams, fears, and disappointments and He will lift you up and never put you down!
“Where you gonna go?”
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Father, in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, I come with praise that you the Father, Jesus the Son and the Holy Spirit are all God Almighty and work for me, through me and in me! I am free from the bandage of people’s opinions or negative put downs and tell you every need, concern, and desire! Invade each one who reads this with the knowledge that they can come boldly, and you will listen! Amen!
Go to the Rock! Love, Me-Maw
THOUGHTS FROM SKYDIVING MEMAW 