[Faith-talk] FW: [thefamilyoffaith] "Follow That Voice" - Ron Hutchcraft

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Subject: [thefamilyoffaith] "Follow That Voice" - Ron Hutchcraft
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Thu, 29 Sep 2011 08:48:19 -0400


            September 29, 2011
            Now, I've spent a fair amount of my life on airplanes, and so
the thought of a fire on a plane is pretty unsettling. So I wasn't too
excited about what I heard happened on an Air Canada flight several years
ago. The fire actually started in the lavatory and the fire wasn't so big,
but the smoke started to billow through the plane and it very quickly
reached the cockpit. You can imagine how fearful that was going to be.
            Well, it reached the point where the pilot was literally
blinded by the smoke; he couldn't see outside of the plane, he couldn't see
the instrument panel, and he literally didn't know where he was going to
land; he didn't know how he was going to get down. And suddenly in the
middle of all that chaos, there comes this calm, measured voice into the
cockpit, "Just do what I say, and I'll bring you in." Well, of course, it
was that flight controller in the tower at the nearby airport. And he
literally talked the pilot in and miraculously after all that, there was a
safe landing.
             
            I'm Ron Hutchcraft and I want to have A Word With You today
about "Follow That Voice."
             
            Our word for today from the Word of God comes from Luke
4:42-44 - "At daybreak Jesus went out to a solitary place." This, by the
way, comes after a day filled with healing people and casting out demons.
It says, "The people were looking for Him. And when they came to where He
was, they tried to keep Him from leaving them."
             
            "But He said, 'I must preach the good news of the Kingdom of
God to the other towns also, because that is why I was sent.' And He kept
on preaching in the synagogues of Judea." Well, here is Jesus surrounded by
voices, needy voices...people saying, "Jesus, stay here. Wait! We need you
over here." And they're vying for His time; they're vying for His
attention. And every one of them was asking Him to do a good thing. Does
that sound familiar at all--people vying for your attention, for your time?
And all your choices are basically good ones.
            Well, you notice that Jesus has a very clear "I must. No, I
know what I must do. I must preach the good news in the other towns." And
this "I must" helps Him stay on course as He's making His daily choices.
Now, your life is the sum of hundreds of little choices you make each day
isn't it? If you're like me, you have a lot of needs, a lot of
possibilities tugging at you daily. And they're mostly good choices, but
God has put you on earth for some special missions and you have to be true
to those no matter how noble the detours are that are pulling on you.
             
            Now, often we end up running around all stressed out, trying
to satisfy everybody. And we often end up satisfying no one. And we lead
these fragmented, frustrated lives, because well, we forget our "musts."
Those have to come from God. If you ask Him, God will lay on your heart
your assignments. He is the calm voice from the tower. He will lay on your
heart your mission, your reason for being here. Some of those are going to
be needs that only you can meet. There are some things only you could be
for your family; that only you could be for lost friends that you're close
to. You're the best one to help them get to heaven.
             
            "I must," Jesus said, "That is why I was sent. I know what I
have to do, and this doesn't fit even though it's really noble and really
good." Now, how do you keep your course in a world that's full of "musts?"
It says, "Jesus went to a solitary place at daybreak." And we know that
there's where He got in touch with His Father. He got in touch with the
tower to sort out His priorities for the day. That's where you have to go
daily. You have to go there early, and you have to go there alone and let
God lay on your heart His "musts."
             
            You'll always land where you're supposed to if you begin with
the voice in the control tower. So let God guide your course. Listen for
your Father's instructions, and then follow that voice.
           
     
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