“THE YELLOW BRICK ROAD!”

Me-Maw Thoughts

Number 734

May 6, 2025//

Our great granddaughter was recently in a local kid’s production of “The Wizard of Oz.”

I have always thought that there was so much truth we can learn found in this adventure and I wanted to share some of those with you this morning!

Before I get to the main thought, I want to remind you of the water that destroyed the wicked witch! The Bible teaches us “The Water of the Word is Powerful” and just as the water destroyed the wicked witch of the west, the water of the word defeats the enemy of all that is good every time!

And just as Dorothy and Toto kept going down the yellow brick road despite all the setbacks and interferences, we need to keep walking toward our goal of eternity with Jesus!

The main part of the story shows us needs: Dorothy needed to get back to Kansas, the scarecrow needed a brain, the tin man a heart, and the lion needed courage!

I ask you today: what do you need? Are you going to where you think you may find what you need? Is it success, health and healing, good relationships, wisdom, peace, a family, or any other thing that drives us to keep going?

Do you feel stuck like the Tin Man, Scarecrow and Lion and think things will never change? Are you stressed like Dorothy and think you may never get back to where you belong?

Well, I have good news for you! You do not have to stay where you are not supposed to be and on the way to your destination you can help others have hope that they can find what they need!

They had to overcome many obstacles that hindered them but also had the angel on their side, and she helped them along the way!

We have a Heavenly Father who is watching us and helping us as we walk toward our goal.

When they got to Emerald City they actually found, as we can find in Jesus, that they had what they needed. They needed something to change their thinking.

Many times, we need to change our thinking!

The Lion received a badge that reminded him of who he was and that caused the courage that was in him to come forth!

The Scarecrow received a certificate that showed him that he had a brain, and this helped him draw forth the knowledge he had!

The Tin Man needed a heart and was given a heart to hold which showed him, he had a heart all along he just needed to possess it!

Then Dorothy thought she was going to be helped back to Kansas by the wizard, but got left behand and thought she would never see her family again!

But then she was told all she had to do was to click the heels of her slippers together and she would be home and that is exactly what happened!

The thing I see in all of this is that each of us has what we need to be what we were created to be and where we are supposed to be!

The Bible teaches us through the word we are “Bold as a Lion,” “Have the mind of Christ,” “Have joy and peace in our hearts,” and when we follow God’s instruction we are “Where we need to be”!

What do you need in your life today? I encourage you to find a scripture that applies to your situation and began to speak that out and find all you need in Jesus and in the Word of God we are given as a roadmap.

What yellow brick road are you following to get you what you want? Stop! Understand you have within you all you need to be who you were created to be!

We must also understand that as we journey on this road called life we can stop and help others come to Jesus and see who they really are and bring forth all they were created with!

Philippians 4:13 (KJV)

I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.

Philippians 2:5 (KJV)

 Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:

Know who you are and be all you were created to be!

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Father, I come in the Name of Jesus and thank you that you give us wisdom in our minds, a heart after you, and courage to stand for right, and the knowledge of who we are in you and who we are created to be! Bless, with every good and perfect gift, each one who reads this! Amen!

Love, Me-Maw