SOMEBODY NEEDS YOU!
By Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com (Watch YouTube: Wade Hughes)
Philippians 4:19 But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.
Philippians 4:19 (MSG) You can be sure that God will take care of everything you need, his generosity exceeding even yours in the glory that pours from Jesus.
*NEED: require, essential, duty, obligation, lack.
*NEEDS: Do we stay in touch with your needs?
Humans need: air, water, food, shelter, clothing, sanitation, rest-sleep, exercise, purpose.
*We need to feel needed. WE NEED LOVE, kindness, acceptance, a sense of connection-belonging, TOUCH: someone to care, emotional support, to communicate, to teach, comfort, support, understanding, esteem.
I LOVE THE STORY: TELL THE MAN, THE LORD HAS NEED OF YOUR DONKEY… SOMEONE NEEDS YOU!
Matthew 21:2 Saying unto them, Go into the village over against you, and straightway ye shall find and donkey tied, and a colt with her: loose them, and bring them unto me. 3 And if any man say ought unto you, ye shall say, The Lord hath need of them; and straightway he will send them.
TROUBLE? JOE WAS TROUBLE! SOMEONE IS HURTING!
I had taught school in Virginia several years. I was assistant principal. I often observed the kids in the younger classes and thought someday I will teach that child. There was a young boy named Joe. Joe was in the office pretty often in some kind of trouble. I dreaded the year I had Joe. I might have prayed the Lord to return before he was in my class.
Well, you know the rest of the story. Jesus did not come back and the year came that Joe made it to the class I taught. Joe was smart but he seemed to always find trouble. I started praying that God would help me touch Joe in a special way. Sure enough trouble was Joe’s middle name. I prayed for Joe. I decided to make a home visit to better understand Joe.
As I got out of my VW Beetle I noticed the dog’s tail drooping and the dog would not hold up his head. I knocked on the door and Joe’s mom opened and welcomed me. She kept her head bowed low and not even a little smile. She seemed defeated. I walked in the trailer and Joe’s dad was screaming at the kids and his wife. They jumped to his commands. There was a case of beer to the right of his chair and 50 empty beer cans to his left. We visited and they made me feel welcome. The dad barked more than the dog did. They invited me to stay for supper. I declined. The dad yelled and screamed the whole time. I UNDERSTOOD JOE MORE THAN EVER!
We visited. Joe and his mom walked me out to the car. I started driving to my house. I started crying for Joe and his family. I said: GOD, HOW CAN I HELP JOE? My wife and I discussed what an opportunity I had before me. Joe needs me.
I must develop a plan. I started giving Joe ice cream money. You should have seen him enjoying the ice cream. One day I said: Joe would you like to stay behind and wash the chalk board? Joe and I would laugh and visit. He soon began volunteering to stay behind and wash the chalk board. I bragged on Joe. I told Joe, I believe he washed the chalk board better than any student prior to him. We talked and he apologized for going to sleep in class. He said mom and dad fought all night and he protected the younger kids. If Joe went to sleep I let him. I understood. I started laying my hand on his shoulder and I would brag on him. He was like a turtle pulling out of the shell. One teacher said I see a difference in Joe and she bragged on him. The one on one attention changed Joe’s behavior and attitudes. JOE NEEDED ME… I NEEDED JOE.
One more trouble. Joe was sent to me in the office, seems after all this Joe had been kissing a pretty girl. He was sent to the office for correction. I told Joe you have not been in trouble for a long time what happened? JOE SAID: A MAN HAS TO DO WHAT A MAN HAS TO DO! I enquired what does that mean. A girl in the class was selling squares of leather 4 pieces for a quarter. A boy in the class offered Joe a quarter to kiss the prettiest girl in the class. Joe said I had to buy the leather. He would not tell me why. I pressed him and he answered: to make you a pouch for aChristmas present. Joe was willing to go to the office to make me a present. Later he borrowed my stapler and glue and he made me a little leather pouch. I still have it 45 years later.
SOMEONE IS HURTING! SOMEONE NEEDS YOU!
SOMEONE IS HURTING. THEY NEED YOU. YOU CAN GIVE AND NOT LOVE --- BUT KNOW YOU CANNOT LOVE WITHOUT GIVING!
Luke 6:38 Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again.
Luke 6:38 (MSG) Give away your life; you'll find life given back, but not merely given back—given back with bonus and blessing. Giving, not getting, is the way. Generosity begets generosity."
SOMEONE NEEDS YOU! SOMEONE HURT ME! HOW OFTEN? SOMEONE NEEDS YOU! THEY ARE DESPERATE IN NEED… FORGIVENESS IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST DAMS THAT HINDERS HELPING OTHERS. FORGIVENESS IS ONE OF THE GREATEST GIFTS EVER GIVEN…
Matthew 18:21 Then came Peter to him, and said, Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? till seven times? 2 Jesus saith unto him, I say not unto thee, Until seven times: but, Until seventy times seven.
WHAT DOES GOD NEED FROM US? SOMEONE IS HURTING!
Micah 6:8 He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?
Mark 12:29 And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is
one Lord: 30 And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment. 31 And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.
CONCLUSION: HANG ON! DON’T QUIT! God has unlimited riches… We need courage? We need strength? We need patience? We need financial blessings? We must understand the difference in NEED and WANT. We must have hope and trust by faith. SOMEONE IS HURTING! SOMEONE NEEDS YOU!
Philippians 4:19 But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.
SOMEONE IS HURTING! SOMEONE NEEDS YOU!
Jeremiah 29:11 For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to
give you an expected end.
Matthew 6:33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
YOU WILL OVERCOME SOMEDAY… MARTIN LUTHER KING MADE A SONG AN ANTHEM.
WE SHALL OVERCOME, WE SHALL OVERCOME, WE SHALL OVERCOME SOMEDAY.
OH, DEEP WITHIN MY HEART, I DO BELIEVE. WE SHALL OVERCOME SOMEDAY.
WE ARE NOT ALONE, WE ARE NOT ALONE, WE ARE NOT ALONE TODAY.
OH DEEP WITHIN MY HEART, I DO BELIEVE, WE ARE NOT ALONE TODAY.
WE’LL WALK HAND IN HAND, WE’LL WALK HAND IN HAND, WE’LL WALK HAND IN HAND SOMEDAY.
OH, DEEP WITHIN MY HEART , I DO BELIEVE. WE WILL WALK HAND IN HAND SOMEDAY.
THE TRUTH WILL SET US FREE, THE TRUTH WILL SET US FREE, THE TRUTH WILL SET US FREE SOMEDAY.
OH DEEP WITHIN MY HEART, I DO BELIEVE THE TRUTH WILL SET US FREE SOMEDAY.
WE ARE NOT AFRAID, WE ARE NOT AFRAID , WE ARE NOT AFRAID TODAY.
OH, DEEP WITHIN MY HEART, I DO BELIEVE WE SHALL OVERCOME SOMEDAY.
I promise one day you will overcome every obstacle and hindrance in your way. One day you will tell your story of how you have overcome, what you have been through…YOU WILL SHARE YOUR STORY AND HELP OTHERS WALKING THROUGH THE SAME VALLEY YOU HAVE WALKED THROUGH. THEN YOU WILL UNDERSTAND WHY! THIS VICTORY IN OVERCOMING WILL HELP OTHERS TO OVERCOME AND SURVIVE. SOMEONE IS HURTING. SOMEONE NEEDS YOU!
Revelation 3:12 Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, which is new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God: and I will write upon him my new name.
His servant, Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com (Watch YouTube: Wade Hughes) Pass it on?
