TO WHOM SHALL WE GO?

To whom shall we go when we are in a crisis? To whom shall we go when we labour and

are heavy laden because of our weakness and all of its consequences? To whom shall we

go when we need help? To whom shall we go when troubled by guilt? To whom shall we go

when we are filled with fear, when we are anxious and worried? To whom shall we go when

we become seriously ill? To whom shall we go when there is trouble and lot of problems? To

whom shall we go when we are filled with doubt, when we need guidance and when we need

strength? To whom shall we go when we lose our faith? To whom shall we go when all alone?

To whom shall we go first in every crisis, in every need?

Going to the right person is very important. In purely material terms it is acceptable to go to

those who are experts in their own fields. For the broken-down car we go to the mechanic.

For repairs to the house we go to the builder. For the rewiring of the building we seek an

electrician.

It is in spiritual crises that people blunder horrendously. Over and over again we wander from

one counsellor to another. Now there is no denying that sometimes those counsels can give

some help, but very often their words do not reach the heart of the problem. To whom shall we

go? Some take different direction, they go their own way.

To whom shall we go for answers to these questions? The psalmist tells us, ‘Vain is the help of

man’. To whom shall we go – in every crisis, in every need, material or spiritual? Jesus tells us:

‘Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.’ Go to Him,

whatever the dilemma. Go to Him for forgiveness. He has come into the world to deal with its

greatest problem, human sinfulness and rebellion against its creator. He has taken the guilt of

our sin to Himself and so has suffered under its load – not for His own wickedness, for He had

none, but for ours. Receive that peace which we know our sins have been forgiven by Jesus

Christ.

Go to Him, for He has all the resources of heaven and earth at His command. Go to Him, for

He is accessible always. Wherever and whenever we need Him, He is there. ‘I will never

leave you nor forsake you’, He says. He is never indifferent to our condition, never annoyed

that we are troubling Him again, never untouched by our pain, and never too preoccupied with

other things. He won’t mock us, nor turn us away. Instead, He invites us to come to Him, and

He promises us rest. Go, then, to Him. To whom else can you go? The answer must be

“Jesus”. He is “the Christ, the Son of the living God”. He alone has “the words of eternal life”.

Bro. Clement Kandulna