HITTING THE ROAD

By Rick Mathes

Matthew 13:19
When anyone hears the word of the kingdom, and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what has been sown in his heart. This is the one on whom seed was sown beside the road.

There is no worse pain than heart-ache and that’s what I get when I preach and it just doesn’t register and a person just leaves untouched, never to return. I wonder what I could have done differently to reach them. I have finally concluded that apart from the election of God. I can’t do anything to turn a walking dead into eternal living.

This sad-sack is just plain inattentive to what is being said or sung. It is a distant indifference. This guy lives in a “whatever” world of relativity without anything to anchor on and no moorings to tie up to. This is a negligence of the highest order that has eternal consequences that are not within his vision.

It is really a hostile situation or rather a heart to heart combat with the devil for his soul and he isn’t even fighting back: whatever! With this wishy-washy attitude he has no sorrow for sin because his ears ae closed to what sin is. No guilt because he has become his own god and has done as he pleased. Others, including God are not a consideration.

The real deal is that he has no concern for Jesus because he doesn’t know him and really has no desire to. This is an inexcusable careless attitude that speaks values about his integrity and character or lack thereof. This guy is a real deadbeat that has calloused himself against the teachings of Scripture and conviction of sin, offenses against God.

This visitor is so hardened; the Word just bounced off of him. It’s like I’m preaching to a block of cement. I really believe that some people ae addicted to stupidity, not just ignorance but are flat out stupid! One thing I do know and rely on is that if this person belongs to the King, his knees will one day bow and his mouth will voice out, “Lord save me!” I will continue to preach into lifeless eyes and do my best to raise the spiritually dead to life. You have my promise.