WHY CRY?
By Rick Mathes
John 20:13 (NASB77) 13 And they •said to her, ” Woman, why are you weeping?” She •said to them, “Because they have taken away my Lord, and I do not know where they have laid Him.”
We know why she was crying. She thought someone had stolen the Lord’s body and of course we know He rose from the dead. Knowing the whole story and believing that He is the resurrection and the life, why in the world are you crying now?
Is it elfish sorrow? Are you not getting your share of the world’s toys? Are others prospering and passin you by with flashy cars fashionable clothes and gated community homes? Are the years slopping away to fast?
Are you still in rebellion? The thought of fun being called sin is more than you can bear. How could you possibly give up drugs, sex and rock-n-roll? What else is there? Can you even imagine how boring and wasted life would be without the money, girls, gambling and parties?
Have you at least made a try but find your Church deader than a door nail? It’s hardly worth going to a church that reeks of formaldehyde?
Chances are very high that you have grieved the Holy Spirit. You can commit a sin. That’s easy to understand: commission. But there is also omission when you leave part of the truth out to cause a favorable impression. The worst sin is one of permission when you allow a fellow professor to continue in sin without your rebuke or correction. You are inadvertently endorsing the sin by doing nothing about it. We are our brother’s keeper and don’t you ever forget it!
I suspect one reason you are crying, at least on the inside is because you are not serving the Lord as the Holy Spirit is urging you to or your prayers are going unanswered. These are the main two reasons even the strongest saints get weak at the knees.
The strongest candidate for number one is probably your only nature raising up that “Garden of Eden” sin of doubt couples with our evil nature digging up the ghosts of past sin.
The simplest antidote or cue for all the above is you have not been able to understand the Word of God and you need a pastor that follows that Master and peaches only the Gospel according to Jesus. These saints are an endangered species!
PRESS ON!
Rick Mathes 