I recently listened to one of the Dave Matthews Band’s greatest hits entitled, “Where Are You Going.”
You can watch the video here:
YouTube: Dave Matthews Band: Where Are You Going? [Lyrics below post]
I have always liked this singer’s voice and many of the band’s songs. Matthew’s singing style is often very calm and soothing. In this particular song, Dave Matthews asks the “where are you going?” question. At certain spots in the song, he (sadly) states that he “has no answers for you.” But he does state, “where you go is where I wanta be.”
So, where does one look for the ultimate answer to “where are you going?” Where do YOU ultimately want to be and with Whom?
Before we get to those important questions, let’s look at a few words that describe what most of us go through at times in this life.
The first word is “strife.”
The meaning of the word “strife:”
noun
1. vigorous or bitter conflict, discord, or antagonism:
to be at strife.2. a quarrel, struggle, or clash:
armed strife.3. competition or rivalry:
the strife of the marketplace.4. Archaic. strenuous effort.
– Dictionary.com
The Bible utilizes the term “tribulation” [“trouble” in some versions]
noun
1. grievous trouble; severe trial or suffering.
2. an instance of this; an affliction, trouble, etc.
tribulation in the Bible:
trouble or affliction of any kind (Deut. 4:30; Matt. 13:21; 2 Cor. 7:4). In Rom. 2:9 “tribulation and anguish” are the penal sufferings that shall overtake the wicked. In Matt. 24:21, 29, the word denotes the calamities that were to attend the destruction of Jerusalem.
The NKJV at the Blue Letter Bible website informs us that the term “tribulation” occurs 22 times in 22 verses.
The plural version of “tribulations” occurs 8 times in 8 verses.
I encourage readers to click on the individual verses and read the surrounding Scripture. It always helps to clarify the content and keep it in proper context.
When we read this portion of a verse in 2 Thessalonians, one could accidentally take it out of context.
2Th 1:6
since it is a righteous thing with God to repay with tribulation those who trouble you,
Reading all of 2 Thessalonians chapter 1 reveals what we are to be, do, and endure on this earth. There will come a time when those who wrought trouble upon believers in Jesus Christ will be “repaid with tribulation” by God Himself.
Did anyone reading here today hear about the recent clash between a female anti-Trump passenger and a male passenger sitting next to her on a plane?
You can view the video clip HERE.
In the video clip, Martha McCallum also interviews the man who was verbally attacked, and you might be surprised at what he says near the end of the interview. He didn’t want to press charges against her, saying that “maybe they were just having a bad day, or something.” And he ended the interview by saying, “I just wanted to show them the love of Jesus.”
Perhaps the Christian man heard that the woman and her husband were flying back from the funeral of her mother-in-law? Now THAT would have been a very bad day for anyone! If the woman and her husband were not kicked off of the plane, perhaps he could have shared the Good News of the Gospel with her.
Maybe not…
But this man showed grace towards two individuals – one was silent (the husband) while the other verbally abused and cursed at him (the cursing part isn’t in the video clip, but several witnesses said he was cursed at during this encounter).
Jesus warned us that “in this world, we would have tribulation (or trouble).”
Mat 24:7
“For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. And there will be famines, pestilences,[fn] and earthquakes in various places.
Mat 24:8
“All these are the beginning of sorrows.
Mat 24:9
¶
“Then they will deliver you up to tribulation and kill you, and you will be hated by all nations for My name’s sake.Mat 24:10
“And then many will be offended, will betray one another, and will hate one another
Mat 24:11
“Then many false prophets will rise up and deceive many.
Mat 24:12
“And because lawlessness will abound, the love of many will grow cold.
I am seeing a huge increase in “the love of many will grow cold.” Even relatives, friends, and acquaintances are turning on each other over the election results last month! It’s truly sad…
Matthew 24 informs us:
Mat 24:13
“But he who endures to the end shall be saved.
Mat 24:14
“And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in all the world as a witness to all the nations, and then the end will come.
The truth contained in the Bible knows no equal! We are told that Christians are going to be persecuted. Notice that “the fruit of the Spirit” contains the term “longsuffering.”
Gal 5:22
¶
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,Gal 5:23
gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law.
Longsuffering is why Christians are told (in Matthew 24:13) to endure till the end.
What are we seeing since the election (as well as before it)? A huge increase in the following as described in Galatians:
Gal 5:19
¶
Now the works of the flesh are evident, which are: adultery,[fn] fornication, uncleanness, lewdness,Gal 5:20
idolatry, sorcery, hatred, contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, dissensions, heresies,
Gal 5:21
envy, murders,[fn] drunkenness, revelries, and the like; of which I tell you beforehand, just as I also told you in time past, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.
No matter what is thrown against us, we have the promises of Jesus Christ to sustain us through it all.
Jesus tells us:
Jhn 16:33
“These things I have spoken to you, that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will[fn] have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world.”
Paul reiterates this in Romans:
Rom 8:38
For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come,
Rom 8:39
nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Our true and ultimate home:
Jhn 14:2
“In My Father’s house are many mansions;[fn] if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.[fn
Jhn 14:3
“And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also.
NKJV Footnotes
(14:2)
Literally dwellings
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Lyrics to “Where Are You Going” by the Dave Matthews Band.
Where are you going
With your long face
Pullin’ down
Don’t hide away,
Like an ocean
That you can’t see
But you can smell
And the sound of waves crash down.
I am no superman
I have no reasons for you.
I am no hero,
Aw that for sure,
But I do know one thing,
That’s where you are is where I belong.
I do know
Where you go,
Is where I wanta be.
Where are you going,
Where do you go.
Are you looking for answers,
To questions, under the stars
Well if along the way,
You are grown weary,
You can rest with me
Until a brighter day
When you ok.
I am no superman,
I have no answers for you.
I am no hero,
And that’s for sure.
But I know one thing,
That’s where you are, is where I belong.
I do know
Where you go,
Is where I want to be.
Where are you going
Where do you go.
Where do you go.
Where are you going,
Where do you go.
I am no Superman
I have no answers,
For you.
I am no hero,
Aw that’s for sure.
But I do know one thing,
That’s where are,
Is where I belong.
I do know
Where you go,
Is where I wanta be.
Where are you going
Where do you go.
And a where are you going.
Where…lets go!
Songwriters
HARRISON, GAVIN RICHARD / BYER, RICARDO A.
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Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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