To Whom Shall We Go Series

We need someone to go too in the midst of the battle for instruction on what to for guidance and direction. Ever stood at the cross roads of life and knew you wanted to do the whole will of God yet wasn’t sure which way to go. If you have then you know as well as I that it is then you need someone to go to for direction. When one is in this situation the best thing to do is wait until the Lord makes it clear what He wants you to do. I know this is sometimes hard but if we trust and never doubt He will surly bring us out. He will make it so plain that one will never doubt they are going in the right direction and doing the right thing.

Before I moved to my last pastorate the place my wife and I were in seemed at a dead end road. We often talked about moving but didn’t really know what to do as we had no indication from the Lord. One morning as I was having my morning devotions before going to work I told the Lord He knew what we were think and asked Him to make it as clear as the blue sky on a cloudless day. Well He did and when He did I was dumbfounded shocked and a little discouraged as I had never had anything happen in thirty six years of pastoring. As I was going back to the room my co-worker and I were sitting taking a break the Lord whispered to me “well you asked” needless to say the clouds lifted and rejoiced the rest of the day in anticipator of telling my wife of the prayer and answer. The next day in my prayer time I said now Lord you have made it clear that we are to make a move now make it as clear as the clear blue sky where you want us to go, that day a district leader called and wanted me to go to Pittsburg, TX where I spent the last fourteen years of my pastoral ministry. So if you are in the valley of confusion and don’t know where to turn, turn to Jesus and He will lead you out.

Then we need someone to go too when the storm is raging. The disciples went to Him in the midst of the storm and He claimed the stormy sea. Paul went to Him in the midst of the storm and was assured there would be no loss of life only the ship. Jesus in His closing remarks in the Sermon on the Mount tells us the storms will come and where and how we build will determine if we will be able to rid out our storms or be swept away with the raging billows the storms bring. The song writer wrote a song that’s appropriate here, listen to it and note what it says, “You been in the storm seems like forever your nights of confusion has been so long, your ship has lost anchor and the storm's got you drifting your night's almost over you can ride out your storm. Just remember God's promise, I'll never leave you though the waters are raging, they'll do you no harm don't give up the battle, for your answer is coming just hold on to Jesus and ride out your storm. Ride out the storm God is there with you, you may not feel him you're not alone you're hurting now but our morning is coming just hold on to Jesus and ride out the storm