Introduction
Today I would like to draw your attention to 2 Scriptures in the Bible, the first one is 1 Thessalonians 5:17, which simply says: Pray without ceasing. And the second one is 1 Peter 5:7 which says: Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you. I asked you to draw your attention on these two verses because I would like for you to remember them, not just while we talk here today butI would hope that these two scriptures stay in our minds and hearts every day.
Now I know I have not told you what the title is yet, so just in case you need to have a topic to tell somebody else what we talked about today… my topic is THE GO TO GUY. Now I know you might be wondering what I mean when I say the Go To Guy, and just how the two …show more content…
In the game of football the team primarily depend on two players to put points on the scoreboard for them: The Quarterback & the Receiver. When the Quarterback has the ball in his hand, he has more than the ball to worry about he also must worry about the 5-11 defensive players trying to get to him. So he knows the best thing he can do is to get the ball to the Receiver, who can take the ball in the end zone for a touchdown. You see the Receiver is the Quarterback’s Go to Guy, and just like that Receiver must be in place to accept the ball from the passer, Jesus is ALWAYS in place to take our problems from us, so you see that should make Him our Go To Guy.
Letting Go
Let me say that again, we should make Jesus our Go To Guy, but before that can happen, we must learn to let go, yes I said let go. In 1 Peter 5:7 (which I asked you to remember), we see where Peter is encouraging the church to Cast all your care on Jesus – if you didn’t know it before Peter became one of Jesus Disciples, he was a fisherman, so in this verse he is using language very familiar to his experience as a fisherman.
Peter fished to make a living; and he fished from a boat; and in the boat, he used a net or some nets to catch the fish. One thing Peter knew was that no matter how hard he stood on the boat and wished for the fish to come to him, he wasn’t going to catch one fish until he casted his nets out in to the water. So, you see the nets didn’t …show more content…
Believers in Jesus are the sheep and of course He is the Shepherd so let’s Re-look at Psalms 23:1 it basically says… Jesus is my Guide and I do not need anything.
So, since the Shepherd is providing everything the sheep need, why do you think the sheep would go down the road, up a hill, cross a valley and through some trees to get one drink of water when the Shepherd has unlimited water waiting for them in the pasture and all they have to do is make a few small steps to get it.
I don’t know about your but I would say that the sheep would be crazy for not just going to the shepherd. Well let’s be honest, we all are guilty of being like the crazy sheep we often forget about what we know and what has been proven to us over and over again to follow our own minds and advice of folks that don’t mean us any good. Jesus said in John 10:4-5 that his sheep know his voice and they will not follow a stranger, furthermore rather than follow a stranger they will run from
Today I would like to draw your attention to 2 Scriptures in the Bible, the first one is 1 Thessalonians 5:17, which simply says: Pray without ceasing. And the second one is 1 Peter 5:7 which says: Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you. I asked you to draw your attention on these two verses because I would like for you to remember them, not just while we talk here today butI would hope that these two scriptures stay in our minds and hearts every day.
Now I know I have not told you what the title is yet, so just in case you need to have a topic to tell somebody else what we talked about today… my topic is THE GO TO GUY. Now I know you might be wondering what I mean when I say the Go To Guy, and just how the two …show more content…
In the game of football the team primarily depend on two players to put points on the scoreboard for them: The Quarterback & the Receiver. When the Quarterback has the ball in his hand, he has more than the ball to worry about he also must worry about the 5-11 defensive players trying to get to him. So he knows the best thing he can do is to get the ball to the Receiver, who can take the ball in the end zone for a touchdown. You see the Receiver is the Quarterback’s Go to Guy, and just like that Receiver must be in place to accept the ball from the passer, Jesus is ALWAYS in place to take our problems from us, so you see that should make Him our Go To Guy.
Letting Go
Let me say that again, we should make Jesus our Go To Guy, but before that can happen, we must learn to let go, yes I said let go. In 1 Peter 5:7 (which I asked you to remember), we see where Peter is encouraging the church to Cast all your care on Jesus – if you didn’t know it before Peter became one of Jesus Disciples, he was a fisherman, so in this verse he is using language very familiar to his experience as a fisherman.
Peter fished to make a living; and he fished from a boat; and in the boat, he used a net or some nets to catch the fish. One thing Peter knew was that no matter how hard he stood on the boat and wished for the fish to come to him, he wasn’t going to catch one fish until he casted his nets out in to the water. So, you see the nets didn’t …show more content…
Believers in Jesus are the sheep and of course He is the Shepherd so let’s Re-look at Psalms 23:1 it basically says… Jesus is my Guide and I do not need anything.
So, since the Shepherd is providing everything the sheep need, why do you think the sheep would go down the road, up a hill, cross a valley and through some trees to get one drink of water when the Shepherd has unlimited water waiting for them in the pasture and all they have to do is make a few small steps to get it.
I don’t know about your but I would say that the sheep would be crazy for not just going to the shepherd. Well let’s be honest, we all are guilty of being like the crazy sheep we often forget about what we know and what has been proven to us over and over again to follow our own minds and advice of folks that don’t mean us any good. Jesus said in John 10:4-5 that his sheep know his voice and they will not follow a stranger, furthermore rather than follow a stranger they will run from