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Wednesday,
October 4, 2023
Doris High, a local friend, took this photo. She shared that "On the way home, we stopped at a self-serve Amish roadside stand to buy an apple pie. They count on our honesty to pay for it before we leave, but it felt like their horse was keeping an eye on us."
"Knowing
Where We’re
Going"
Message
summary:
Knowing where
we are going
and the way to
get there is
important for
any journey.
This of course
is vitally
true in regard
to our eternal
destination.
Through Christ
we can know
where and the
way to where
we are going.
Listen
to our message
on your audio
player.
“Lord, we do not know where You are going, how do we know the way?” (John 14:5).
Last
night the
Major League
baseball post
season began.
Always a
favorite time
for baseball
fans,
especially if
your team is
in!
“Lord, we do not know where You are going, how do we know the way?” (John 14:5).
Last
night the
Major League
baseball post
season began.
Always a
favorite time
for baseball
fans,
especially if
your team is
in!My
dad would take
us kids in to
the old
Municipal
Stadium in
Kansas City
where the
Kansas City
Athletics
played in the
sixties
(before moving
to Oakland). I
recall the
special
excitement
when the
Yankees were
in town.
Kansas City
was often
referred to as
the Yankee’s
farm team
since they
snapped up our
better
players!
Mickey Mantle
and Roger
Maris both
played in
Kansas City.
Today
let us
consider one
of the most
colorful
baseball
personalities
of all time,
Yogi Berra.
Anyone who
follows
American
baseball has surely
heard
of Yogi Berra
who played and
later managed
for the New
York Yankees.
He played on
more winning
World Series
teams than any
other player,
a feat very
unlikely to be
ever be
repeated.Yogi
Berra was
known for his
colorful wit
often revealed
in short pithy
statements
known as
yogisms. Let
me share
several today
for your
edification:
- “When you come to a fork in the road ... take it.”
- “I didn’t really say everything I said” (A favorite of many politicians!).
- “You can observe a lot by watching.”
- "Always
go to other
people's
funerals;
otherwise they
won't go to
yours."
- Referring to a popular restaurant in Saint Louis, his home town, he said, “Nobody goes there anymore, it’s too crowded.”
- Or my favorite, “You better cut the pizza in four pieces because I’m not hungry enough to eat six.”
But
he has one
that prompts a
spiritual
message today.
“If you don’t
know where you
are going, you
might wind up
someplace
else.” How
true!
In John 14 we have one of the most familiar teachings of Jesus to His disciples beginning with these words, “Do not let your heart be troubled; believe in God, believe also in Me. In My Father’s house are many dwelling places; if it were not so, I would have told you; for I go to prepare a place for you. If I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself, that where I am, there you may be also. And you know the way where I am going” (John 14:1-4).
In John 14 we have one of the most familiar teachings of Jesus to His disciples beginning with these words, “Do not let your heart be troubled; believe in God, believe also in Me. In My Father’s house are many dwelling places; if it were not so, I would have told you; for I go to prepare a place for you. If I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself, that where I am, there you may be also. And you know the way where I am going” (John 14:1-4).
But
amazing to us
was that the
disciples
didn’t
know! "Thomas
said to Him,
'Lord, we do
not know where
You are going,
how do we know
the way?'”
(John 14:5).
Knowing where we are going and the way to get there is important for any journey. This of course is vitally true in regard to our eternal destination. In the section of Scripture in which our daily texts are found the disciples had asked two questions: “Lord, where are You going?” Peter asked in John 13:36. “Lord, we do not know where You are going, how do we know the way?” Thomas asked in John 14:5.
John
14:6 Jesus
answers this
question with
one of the
most memorized
and quoted
verses in the
entire Bible:
“I am the
way and the
truth and the
life. No one
comes to the
Father except
through me”
(John 14:6).
In His answer
He doesn’t
give a
specific
geographic
location as to
where He is
going but He
does give the
route. He
states, “I
am the way”
and the
destination is
“to the
Father”.
He gave this word of direction and assurance as He was preparing His disciples for the climactic events over the next several days. He knew their hearts were troubled. However His words are very applicable to any situation or trouble that His followers all through the ages deal with. Let us again hear these solemn words from our Lord: “Do not let your hearts be troubled”.
Just as Jesus knew all the events that would transpire for the disciples, He also knows the events that will unfold in our lives. He will lead us through the perplexing mazes of life as we keep our focus centered on Christ who is “The Way”. He will reveal to us that which we need to know when we need to know it, though our full understanding may not come at the same time, just as we saw with the disciples. Above all He offers “peace of heart” in the midst of troubling circumstances because His followers know where they are going and the way to get there.
“Trust in God; trust also in Me", Jesus said. The key to having peace in our heart in the midst of trouble is to keep our trust and focus on the Lord. Today we pray that trust and assurance will flood your heart so that you will be filled with the peace that even transcends understanding as through Christ we can know the way to where we are going.
The antidote for a fearful heart is a trusting heart. “O for grace to trust Him more!”
Knowing where we are going and the way to get there is important for any journey. This of course is vitally true in regard to our eternal destination. In the section of Scripture in which our daily texts are found the disciples had asked two questions: “Lord, where are You going?” Peter asked in John 13:36. “Lord, we do not know where You are going, how do we know the way?” Thomas asked in John 14:5.
John
14:6 Jesus
answers this
question with
one of the
most memorized
and quoted
verses in the
entire Bible:
“I am the
way and the
truth and the
life. No one
comes to the
Father except
through me”
(John 14:6).
In His answer
He doesn’t
give a
specific
geographic
location as to
where He is
going but He
does give the
route. He
states, “I
am the way”
and the
destination is
“to the
Father”.He gave this word of direction and assurance as He was preparing His disciples for the climactic events over the next several days. He knew their hearts were troubled. However His words are very applicable to any situation or trouble that His followers all through the ages deal with. Let us again hear these solemn words from our Lord: “Do not let your hearts be troubled”.
Just as Jesus knew all the events that would transpire for the disciples, He also knows the events that will unfold in our lives. He will lead us through the perplexing mazes of life as we keep our focus centered on Christ who is “The Way”. He will reveal to us that which we need to know when we need to know it, though our full understanding may not come at the same time, just as we saw with the disciples. Above all He offers “peace of heart” in the midst of troubling circumstances because His followers know where they are going and the way to get there.
“Trust in God; trust also in Me", Jesus said. The key to having peace in our heart in the midst of trouble is to keep our trust and focus on the Lord. Today we pray that trust and assurance will flood your heart so that you will be filled with the peace that even transcends understanding as through Christ we can know the way to where we are going.
The antidote for a fearful heart is a trusting heart. “O for grace to trust Him more!”
Be
encouraged
today,
(Hebrews
3:13)
Stephen
&
Brooksyne
Weber
Daily prayer:
Father,
help me not to
be anxious
about
perplexing
matters before
me, but in
everything, by
prayer and
petition, with
thanksgiving,
I want to
present my
requests to
You so that
Your peace
which
surpasses
human
understanding
will guard my
heart and my
mind in Christ
Jesus. Keep my
eyes on Jesus
who is the
Way, the
Truth, and the
Life because
that is the
way to You,
our Heavenly
Father. In
Jesus’ name we
pray. Amen.Yesterday
in musing on
the message
about Jezebel,
a wife who
incited her
husband to do
evil I wrote
that I
recalled
another wife
in the Bible
who sought to
restrain her
husband from
doing evil but
failed. That
would be
Pilate's wife!
Additional
note: In
today's
message I
mentioned the
old Municipal
Stadium in
Kansas City
where daddy
would take us
to see
baseball
games. It was
also the same
stadium where
I went to my
first Billy
Graham Crusade
as a child in
1967.
Throughout my
lifetime I’ve
attended
several other
crusades and
was always
blessed by
Billy Graham’s
simple and
earnest
presentation
of the Gospel.Even in his later years he demonstrated his remarkable communication skills. Civic leaders in Charlotte, North Carolina invited him to a luncheon in his honor. He initially hesitated to accept the invitation because he struggled with Parkinson’s disease. But the Charlotte leaders said, “We don’t expect a major address. Just come and let us honor you.” So he agreed.
After wonderful things were said about him, he stepped to the podium, looked at the crowd, and said,
“I’m
reminded today
of a story
concerning
Albert
Einstein, the
great
physicist.
Einstein was
once traveling
from Princeton
on a train
when the
conductor came
down the
aisle,
punching the
tickets of
every
passenger.
When he came to Einstein, Einstein reached in his vest pocket. He couldn’t find his ticket so he reached in his trouser pockets. It wasn’t there. He looked in his briefcase but couldn’t find it. Then he looked in the seat beside him. He still couldn’t find it.
The conductor said, ‘Dr. Einstein, I know who you are. We all know who you are. I’m sure you bought a ticket. Don’t worry about it.’ Einstein nodded appreciatively.
The conductor continued down the aisle punching tickets. As he was ready to move to the next car, he turned around and saw the great physicist down on his hands and knees looking under his seat for his ticket.
The conductor rushed back and said, ‘Dr. Einstein, Dr. Einstein, don’t worry, I know who you are; no problem. You don’t need a ticket. I’m sure you bought one.’
Einstein looked at him and said, ‘Young man, I too, know who I am. What I don’t know is where I’m going.’”
When he came to Einstein, Einstein reached in his vest pocket. He couldn’t find his ticket so he reached in his trouser pockets. It wasn’t there. He looked in his briefcase but couldn’t find it. Then he looked in the seat beside him. He still couldn’t find it.
The conductor said, ‘Dr. Einstein, I know who you are. We all know who you are. I’m sure you bought a ticket. Don’t worry about it.’ Einstein nodded appreciatively.
The conductor continued down the aisle punching tickets. As he was ready to move to the next car, he turned around and saw the great physicist down on his hands and knees looking under his seat for his ticket.
The conductor rushed back and said, ‘Dr. Einstein, Dr. Einstein, don’t worry, I know who you are; no problem. You don’t need a ticket. I’m sure you bought one.’
Einstein looked at him and said, ‘Young man, I too, know who I am. What I don’t know is where I’m going.’”
Having said that Billy Graham continued, “See the suit I’m wearing? It’s a brand new suit. My children and my grandchildren are telling me I’ve gotten a little slovenly in my old age. I used to be a bit more fastidious. So I went out and bought a new suit for this luncheon and one more occasion.
You know what that occasion is? This is the suit in which I’ll be buried. But when you hear I’m dead, I don’t want you to immediately remember the suit I’m wearing. I want you to remember this: I not only know who I am. I also know where I’m going.”
Today's
Suggested
Music and
Supplemental
Resources
"I
Am The Way To
The Father
(John 14:6
& 10:2-4)"
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video on
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