“Where Will You Go in 2014?” by @Kaala
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It’s not what you know it’s who you know that determines where you’ll go– and you know this to be true.
There’s a story about Albert Einstein that Billy Graham told almost 15 years ago. Mr. Graham tells us that
Einstein was once traveling from Princeton on a train when the conductor
came down the aisle, punching the tickets of every passenger. When he
came to Einstein, Einstein reached in his vest pocket but he couldn’t find
his ticket, so he reached in his pants pockets. It wasn’t there either, so he
looked in his briefcase, he looked in the seat beside him and still couldn’t find it.
The conductor said, “Dr. Einstein, I know who you are. We all know who you
are. I’m sure you bought a ticket. Don’t worry about it.”
Einstein nodded appreciatively. The conductor continued down the aisle
As he was ready to move to the next car, he turned
around and saw the great physicist down on his hands and knees looking
under his seat for his ticket.
The conductor rushed back and said, “Dr. Einstein, Dr. Einstein, don’t
worry, I know who you are. No problem. You don’t need a ticket. I’m sure
Einstein looked at him and said, “Young man, I too, know who I am. What I
don’t know is where I’m going.”
After Billy Graham finished telling the story he said that the suit he was wearing would be the one he wore when he was buried. “But,” he said, “when you hear that I died, I don’t want you remember the suit, I want you to remember one thing:
I not only know who I am I also know where I’m going.”
There was a similar conversation between Jesus and his disciples shortly before Jesus died. He was preparing them for his death and told them
“Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God; trust also in me. In my Father’s house are many rooms; if it were not so, I would have told you. I am going there to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am. You know the way to the place where I am going.”
Thomas said to him, “Lord, we don’t know where you are going, so how can we know the way?”
Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. If you really knew me, you would know my Father as well. From now on, you do know him and have seen him.” (John 14:1–7)
This new year, as you’re setting new goals, directions, making plans, dreaming big dreams– all things you should be doing by the way. But as you’re doing all these things remember it’s never going to be how much or what you know. It’s always going to be who you know that determines where you go.
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