A sick man turned to his doctor, as he was preparing to leave the examination room and said, “Doctor, I am afraid to die. Tell me what lies on the other side.”

Very quietly, the doctor said, “I don’t know.”

“You don’t know? You, a Christian man, do not know what is on the other side?”

The doctor was holding the handle of the door; on the other side came a sound of scratching and whining, and as he opened the door, a dog sprang into the room and leaped on him with an eager show of gladness. Turning to the patient, the doctor said,

“Did you notice my dog? He’s never been in this room before. He didn’t know what was inside. He knew nothing except that his master was here, and when the door opened, he sprang in without fear. I know little of what is on the other side of death, but I do know one thing… I know my Master is there and that is enough.”

• I know He is the beginning, so why do I worry about the end?

• I know He is the creator, so why do I wonder who will destroy?

• I know He has forgiven me, so why can’t I forgive myself?

• I know He is a healer, so why do I speak of sickness?

• I know He can do all things, so why do I say I can’t?

• I know He will protect me, so why do I fear?

• I know He will supply all my needs, so why can’t I wait?

• I know He is my strength and my salvation, so why do I feel weak?

• I know that everything and everyone has a season, So why when someone’s season is over do I weep instead of rejoice?

• I know He is the right way, so why do I go the wrong way?

• I know He is the light, so why do I choose to walk in darkness?

• I know that whatever I ask of GOD, GOD will give me, so why am I scared to ask?

• I know tomorrow is not promised, So why do I put off for tomorrow what I can do today?

• I know that the truth shall make me free, so why do I continue to lie?

• I know He gives us revelation knowledge and understanding, so why do I lean on my own understanding?

• I know I should live in the spirit as well as walk in the spirit, so why do I choose to live in the spirit but walk in the flesh?

• I know that when praises go up blessings come down, so why do I refuse to praise Him?

If you put a buzzard in a pen six or eight feet square and entirely open at the top, the bird, in spite of his ability to fly, will be an absolute prisoner. The reason is that a buzzard always begins a flight from the ground with a run of ten or twelve feet. Without space to run, as is his habit, he will not even attempt to fly, but will remain a prisoner for life in a small jail with no top.

The ordinary bat that flies around at night, a remarkable nimble creature in the air, cannot take off from a level place. If it is placed on the floor or flat ground, all it can do is shuffle about helplessly and, no doubt, painfully, until it reaches some slight elevation from which it can throw itself into the air. Then, at once, it takes off like a flash.

A Bumblebee if dropped into an open tumbler will be there until it dies, unless it is taken out. It never sees the means of escape at the top, but persists in trying to find some way out through the sides near the bottom. It will seek a way where none exists, until it completely destroys itself.

In many ways, there are lots of people like the buzzard, the bat and the bee. They are struggling about with all their problems and frustrations, not realizing that the answer is right there “above” them.