WILL WE

“Then said Jesus to them again, Peace be unto you: as my Father hath sent me, even so send I you.”

John 20:21

King James Version

Mary Brown wrote the hymn “I’ll Go Where You Want Me to Go”.  Are we singing this hymn from our heart or are we just singing the words?  “It may not be on the mountain’s height, Or over the stormy sea; It may not be at the battle’s front My Lord will have need of me; But if by a still, small voice He calls To paths I do not know, I’ll answer, dear Lord, with my hand in Thine, I’ll go where You want me to go”.  We sing this hymn but do we mean what we are singing?  Are we willing to go where Jesus wants us to go?

Will we go anywhere He leads us?  We may be willing to go to another country but are we willing to go across the street to visit someone who is discouraged, lonely and needs to know that someone cares?  Someone told a friend “If you need me, call me”.  The friend called at 2:00 a.m. and woke him up and he was so upset because the friend had called so early in the morning.  It doesn’t matter what time day or night that we call Jesus, He will help us and will not complain about the time.

Jesus cares when we are lonely and discouraged.  “And he was in the hinder part of the ship, asleep on a pillow: and they awake him, and say unto him, Master, carest thou not that we perish?  And he arose, and rebuked the wind, and said unto the sea, Peace, be still. And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm” (Mark 4:38,39).  Will we go where He wants us to go and say what He wants us to say?  When it’s time to visit people for your church are you willing to go on visitation for your church and are you willing to do anything He asks you to do?

Many years ago, I was going door to door on visitation for my church and I will never forget this lady that I visited.  I asked her “If Jesus told you to sell your home and give the money to missions, would you do it?  The lady didn’t hesitate.  She said “No, this is my home.  I worked hard to buy it and it is mine”. Nothing that you and I have belongs to us.  It all belongs to Jesus.  If Jesus was willing to die on the cross for our sins so we can be saved, we should be willing to give Him anything He asks us to give.  Are you willing to do anything He asks you to do and go anywhere He asks you to go?

Joanne Lowe

August 24, 2019