When The Reason I Am Standing, Stands By Me.

WHEN THE REASON I AM STANDING STANDS BY ME.

WHO WILL GO? LEAD ME, I WILL FOLLOW

By Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com (YouTube: Wade Hughes)

I read a story about a very popular song from years ago. Seems the man was leaving the hospital where his wife had just passed away. This man was in southern Florida. He was driving on I-75 north bound. He noticed that all the cars traveling had northern states tags on them. There were cars from Michigan. A little farther down the road, he saw cars from Indiana, Ohio, Maine and New York. With tears in his eyes he realized: SEEMS A WHOLE LOT OF PEOPLE WERE HEADED HOME. He pulled the car over and penned the song: THERE ARE A WHOLE LOT OF PEOPLE HEADED HOME.

THE IS A REASON WE CAN STAND THROUGH THE STORM. Want to hear an idiom: WE PASTORED 8 ½ YEARS, 1372 SERMONS AT THIS LITTLE MISSION WORK IN EASTERN KENTUCKY.

Louie Armstrong said: WHEN YOU SMILE THE WORLD SMILES WITH YOU. This might explain many issues we face?

This old lady named Rebecca Arnett stood and wiped the farewell tears out of her eyes. Her chin gently quivered and she looked me in the eye and said: WHEN YOU LAUGH THE WORLD LAUGHS WITH YOU. BUT WHEN YOU CRY YOU CRY ALONE. Rebecca said: WHO EVER WROTE THAT LINE SURE DIDN’T KNOW WADE HUGHES. Joe and Rebecca became family to us. A few years later, I returned to officiate their funerals.

WHEN THE REASON I AM STANDING STANDS BY ME… LET US TRY UNDERSTANDING IN DIFFICULT TIMES. I WOULD LIKE FOR US TO MAKE A PROMISE TO EACH OTHER. WHEN WE LAUGH TOGETHER IT IS SO NICE. LET US LEARN WHEN FRIENDS ARE IN PAIN AND LIFE IS CRUEL AND CRUSHING: WE NEED EACH OTHER. Life can be cruel and mean LEAN ON ME.

Isaiah 6:8 Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then said I, Here am I; send me.

Isaiah 6:8 (MSG) And then I heard the voice of the Master: "Whom shall I send? Who will go for us?" I spoke up, "I'll go. Send me!"

Isaiah 6:8 (NLT2) Then I heard the Lord asking, “Whom should I send as a messenger to this people? Who will go for us?” I said, “Here I am. Send me.”

LEADERSHIP SAYS: WHEN THE REASON I AM STANDING STANDS BY ME. GOD, YOUR BROOK HAS DRIED UP. WHERE IS THE UBER BIRD…? HEAR MY STOMACH GROWL. WIDOW WOMAN, YOU HAVE A HAND FUL OF MEAL, BUT SOMEONE IS STANDING BY YOU AND YOUR SON.

1 Kings 17:7 And it came to pass after a while, that the brook dried up, because there had been no rain in the land. 8 And the word of the LORD came unto him, saying, 9 Arise, get thee to Zarephath, which belongeth to Zidon, and dwell there: behold, I have commanded a widow woman there to sustain thee.

1 Kings 17:10 So he arose and went to Zarephath. And when he came to the gate of the city, behold, the widow woman was there gathering of sticks: and he called to her, and said, Fetch me, I pray thee, a little water in a vessel, that I may drink. 11 And as she was going to fetch it, he called to her, and said, Bring me, I pray thee, a morsel of bread in thine hand.

1 Kings 17:12 And she said, As the LORD thy God liveth, I have not a cake, but an handful of meal in a barrel, and a little oil in a cruse: and, behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and dress it for me and my son, that we may eat it, and die.

1 Kings 17:1 And Elijah said unto her, Fear not; go and do as thou hast said: but make me thereof a little cake first, and bring it unto me, and after make for thee and for thy son.

1 Kings 17:14 For thus saith the LORD God of Israel, The barrel of meal shall not waste, neither shall the cruse of oil fail, until the day that the LORD sendeth rain upon the earth.

1 Kings 17:15 And she went and did according to the saying of Elijah: and she, and he, and her house, did eat many days. 16 And the barrel of meal wasted not, neither did the cruse of oil fail, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake by Elijah.

PREACHER THERE IS SOMEONE WHO CARES FOR YOU! THE WIDOW AND HER SON… GOD IS STANDING BY YOU.

LEADERSHIP MUST BY FAITH BELIEVE IT MIGHT LOOK OVER BUT GOD DOES HIS BEST WORK. BY FAITH TRUST IT IS NOT OVER. GOD IS STANDING NEXT TO YOU.