#1taking The Things Of God Too Casually

#1 TAKING THE THINGS OF GOD TOO CASUALLY

Missing the presence of God

By Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com

This is part one of a two part.

Jude 1:22 And of some having compassion, making a difference.

I recently read one of the main reasons a pastor leaves a church and moves to another,

or even leaves the ministry, is that the little pastor feels unappreciated.

This is probably a distortion of the ministry, often the man of God is loved and cherished,

just he feels like no one sees his sacrifice and his love gift.

So in great discouragement Christian workers walk with their hands hanging down, tears in their eyes,

and pondering, I have not made any difference.

Are we emotion based ministries, or are we faith based?

I.) THREE YEARS OF HOPES ARE DASHED, AND I LOSE SIGHT OF MY VISION.

TWO ALMOST MISSED IT. WE DON’T REALIZE THIS IS JESUS!

A. Two men are walking down a road. They are discouraged. They are disappointed.

Their 3 years of hopes were dashed, nothing went as expected.

The night has been long, the tears have flowed like a river.

There is SHOCK and DOOM as their expectations and dreams fade into nothingness.

THEY HAVE HEARD THAT THE CROSS AND THEGRAVE HAD KILLED THEIR DREAM.

Luke 24: 18 And one of them, whose name was Cleopas, answering said unto Him,

ART THOU THE ONLY STRANGER IN JERUSALEM, AND HAST NOT KNOWN the things

which are come to pass there in three days?

19. And Jesus said unto them, WHAT THINGS? And they said unto Him, Concerning Jesus

of Nazareth, which was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people.

B. Two men walk with their heads hanging down, two men talk of what might have been.

Two men are frustrated, their best efforts have been but naught.

Luke 24: 21. BUT WE TRUSTED ---

NOTICE -ED IS ON THE END OF TRUST.

This trust is past tense, used to be, gone.

C. TRUSTED HAS TO TURN BACK TO TRUST BY JESUS DECLARING THE TRUTH.

Luke 24: 26 Ought not Christ to have suffered those things, and to enter into glory.

In the midst of losing SIGHT OF JESUS, Jesus was still there.

Jesus was walking with them, Jesus was talking with them.

E. God open our eyes to see the spiritual reality.

Luke 24: 31 And their eyes were opened, AND THEY KNEW HIM; AND JESUS VANISHED OUT OF

THEIR SIGHT.

F. THESE TWO MEN COULD SEE JESUS WHEN HE WAS GONE, BETTER THAN WHEN JESUS WAS WITH

THEM. These men walked 7 miles with Jesus and almost missed it.

Luke 24:32 And they said one to another, Did not our hearts burn within us, while Jesus walked

with us by the way, AND OPENED TO US THE SCRIPTURES?

G. How does this lesson apply to us?

II. JESUS IS IN THE HOUSE AND WE TAKE HIM FORGRANTED?

We are too casual about the PRESENCE of God! They missed a kiss of the Son of God.

Luke 7:44 And Jesus turned to the woman, and said unto Simon,

SEEST THIS WOMAN? I entered into your house, thou GAVEST ME NO WATER for my feet:

But she hath washed my feet with tears, and wiped them with the hairs of her head.

45. Thou GAVEST ME NO KISS; but this woman since the time I came in hath not ceased to kiss my feet.

46. My head with oil thou didst not anoint: but this woman hath anointed my feet with ointment.

50. And he said to the woman, Thy faith hath saved thee; GO IN PEACE.

A. The religious men had been walking with Jesus for 3 1/2 years.

Jesus’ journey is almost at the end.

These men knew this was the son of God, but they were not enjoying the presence of the Son.

B. As these men are so casual about the presence of the Son of God, they miss opportunity

after opportunity to minister.

C. DO NOTHING PEOPLE OFTEN ARE CRITICIZERS OF THOSE THAT TRY TO DO!

The DO NOTHING crowd stands around and murmurs and complains, and become critics.

They talk bad about the little woman.

I HAD RATHER BE AN ARTIST, THAN AN ART CRITIC ANY DAY OF THE WEEK.

D. YOU NEVER GAVE NO WATER --- JUST A LITTLE EFFORT?

YOU NEVER GAVE JESUS A KISS ---

You never anointed God’s ONLY SON!

They missed REAL MINISTRY BEING SO BUSY ENTERTAINING, they could not see the

opportunity before them.

Mat. 26:15 Verily, I (Jesus) say unto you, Wheresoever this gospel shall be preached in the whole

world, there shall also this, What this woman hath done, be told for a memorial of her.

MARY WAS NOT THERE TO BE SEEN, SHE DID NOT DO THESE THINGS FOR A SHOW!