HE IS WEARIED

By Rick Mathes

John 4:6 and Jacob’s well was there. Jesus therefore, being wearied from His journey, was sitting thus by the well. It was about the sixth hour.

Why would Jesus do all this creating, including man, and go through all this grief? If I was God I would create everyone to just worship me and be happy on this blue pearl we call mother earth. Well, I’m not God and aren’t you glad? Seriously, much has occurred these last 6,000 years that has really wearied the Lord. Now I rarely do scriptural references in my devotions. For this one, I will and you need to check the verse and keep me honest like a good Berean.

Isaiah 43:24 “You have bought Me no sweet cane with money, Neither have you filled Me with the fat of your sacrifices; Rather you have burdened Me with your sins, You have wearied Me with your iniquities.

He is wearied with our sins. He said, “It is finished” from the Cross before He gave up His spirit and went to His reward. Every time you sin you are giving Him the finger and saying, “You might be finished but I’m not!” That is a very serious rejection and it is very painful for Him.

Isaiah 1:14 “I hate your new moon festivals and your appointed feasts, They have become a burden to Me. I am weary of bearing them.

He is wearied with our formal worship. The world and its marketing schemes have packed out mega-churches with those that are truly in need of a Savior: I will give them that much. The Logos without the Rhema has the power of a bottle of catsup! Going to church doesn’t make you a Christian any more than parking hour horse in a garage makes it a car. Christianity is not what you do in church, it’s who you are in Him. Ritual is not the real deal.

Psalm 95:10 “For forty years I loathed that generation, And said they are a people who err in their heart, And they do not know My ways.

He is wearied with our unbelief. If you really give the gospel the Word and His miracles the study they deserve, you need more belief it isn’t true than belief it is true. It begins with creation vs. natural selection.

Isaiah 63:10 But they rebelled and grieved His Holy Spirit; Therefore, He turned Himself to become their enemy, He fought against them.

He is wearied with our resistance. I’m not different than most. Every chromosome on the helix on my DNA screams out for sin. I’ve learned that all I have to do is love the Lord 51% and I will be well on my way to sanctification. In fact, with Budweiser Beer being my drug of choice, when tempted I just say, “This one’s for you, Lord!” and walk away.

The rebellion of Adam still wages its war in our gut. Believe me, if you kill the Goliath the Philistines will run. Repent of th sin that separates you from the Savior. Move the stone and the power will flow. In the near future He will be wearied no more and He will say, “It is done.” Neither Jesus nor you will be wearied ever again.