WHY?
By Rick Mathes
John 20:15 Jesus •said to her, ” Woman, why are you weeping? Whom are you seeking?” Supposing Him to be the gardener, she •said to Him, “Sir, if you have carried Him away, tell me where you have laid Him, and I will take Him away.”
Why are you crying? Is your church dead and cold? Let’s sort out what church isn’t: it isn’t the building you attend on Sunday morning for an hour. It is the temple you carry on your two feet. Like metal to a magnet Christians are drawn together to worship as a community of believers but church is where you are standing, on holy ground,
Have you grieved the Holy Spirit? His feelings are hurt when you are an unrepentant sinner seeking God’s favor. This is akin to running you hands through a cesspool and then lifting them to God in prayer. You are making Him gag.
Are you mourning about unanswered prayer? Believe me, He answers all prayers yes, no or not yet. You are probably suffering from doubt and doubt is a sin you must repent of. According to your faith your prayer will be answered in His best interests for your well-being. This may not be as you want it to be.
Are you falling back into your old evil nature? Chances are you have gotten lazy about your prayers, bible studies, fellowship and repentance. If you don’t feel as close to Him as you once were, you can rest assured it wasn’t Jesus who moved. You need to work at it. Let me ask you this, “How long can you coast your bike uphill without pedaling?” You have to work at it!
Most likely you are in the midst of sinful gain and you refuse to get honest and make things right. You can’t enjoy Satan’s treasure that caused our Lord’s tears. The biggest fear is that you have reached a point of no remorse or conviction of wrong-doing. When there is no more of your heart to break you will continue to be Satan’s right hand man. It’s hard to let go of the world and be belly-up. People of the world will hurt you but Jesus suffered a whole lot more than yhou for you. There won’t be a U-hall on the back of the hearse carrying you to a hole in the ground that you will be planted in.
Chances are that you don’t understand the Word because you have not been in fellowship with the Words of God. You let them take your Lord away. Little by little, one thing after another has filled your time until there is nothing left between you and the gates of Hell. That will make any grown man cry. Jesus saw ahead of time to this moment of your grief and cried tears of blood.
Believe me, He feels (felt) your pain!
PRESS ON!
Rick Mathes 