What Are You Tired Of?
Bible Study? God has given exactly the instruction you need to govern your
thinking, speaking, acting and reacting. This truth from the Creator involves
history, people, places, wisdom, motivation and insight. The Bible gives vital
information available nowhere else, and tells you clearly about your problem
(sin) and the only remedy (Christ). Are you at a place in life where you think
you have outgrown the Bible? Do you no longer "long for the pure milk of the
world?" (1 Pet. 2:2). Are you tired of Bible reading and study? This is not a
good sign.
Worship? God's people come together to do what He has instructed through the
apostles of Christ. Worship is about God, who He is and what He should mean to
us. We sing His praises, remember and honor Christ, pray and hear God's Word.
Has this become boring? A.W. Tozer once said: "It is scarcely possible in most
places to get anyone to attend the meeting where the only attraction is God. One
can only conclude that God's professed children are bored with Him for they must
be wooed to meeting with a stick of striped candy in the form of religious
movies, games and refreshments." Are you tired or bored with worship?
Small Numbers? Have you noticed the ill-advised attention our society places on
numbers. A few people doing something good and right goes unnoticed. The greater
the numbers, the greater the attention. This habitual thinking that elevates
numbers or size can taint us. Contrary to modern obsession, read about Paul and
Silas in Philippi, with just a few others (Acts 16:25-40). Or think about the
seven churches in Asia (Rev. 2 & 3).
What are you tired of? Pray, open your Bible, repent of your sin and you can
develop a better attitude and clearer perspective. "And let us not grow weary
while doing good, for in due season we shall reap if we do not lose heart,"
(Gal. 6:9).
By Warren E. Berkley
The Final Page
From Expository Files 14.10; October 2007
