Don’t Go Home Without Him
Samuel Burgess
Luke 2:41-52
INTRODUCTION > {ILLUSTRATION}> I read about a mother who was a frequent shopper and buyer at flea markets, yard sales and novelty stores. One day, she came across an antique statue of Jesus that she liked very much. So, she bought the item, brought it home, and placed it upon the table in their foyer.
Her little daughter took a particular liking to the statue. Everyday she would come home from school to play with it. However, one day, while she was at school, the mother conducted her annual spring cleaning and relocated the statue of Jesus to another room in the house.
When the little girl came home, she immediately noticed the statue was not in its normal place. She came running into the kitchen, and asked her mother, ‘‘Mom, somebody moved Jesus. I have looked everywhere, but I cannot find Him.’’
That little girl’s remark bears a great yet tragic truth about the lives of many believers. There are those who are truly born-again, yet Jesus seems to be misplaced in their life. And, if the truth is known, there are others looking for Him in their life as well, but they are unable to find Him.
Did you know that there are basically 2 ways a Christian can live? (1)- A Christian can live FULLY SURRENDERED TO THE LORD. (2)- A Christian can live CASUALLY INTERESTED IN THE LORD.
*This means that there are believers who have an INTIMATE FELLOWSHIP with the Lord; and there are those who ARE JUST FAMILIAR with the Lord.
*Listen to what Leslie Weatherhead said in his book ‘‘Time for God’’. He explains the difference between ‘intimate fellowship’ with the Lord and just ‘being familiar’ with the Lord.
‘‘Familiarity’ and ‘‘intimacy’’ are not the same. Each has a value in life, but one is no substitute for the other. If one is confused for the other, we have the basis for major human unrest.
Intimacy is usually hard to come by. It must be deliberately sought and opened up and responded to. ‘Familiarit ...
Samuel Burgess
Luke 2:41-52
INTRODUCTION > {ILLUSTRATION}> I read about a mother who was a frequent shopper and buyer at flea markets, yard sales and novelty stores. One day, she came across an antique statue of Jesus that she liked very much. So, she bought the item, brought it home, and placed it upon the table in their foyer.
Her little daughter took a particular liking to the statue. Everyday she would come home from school to play with it. However, one day, while she was at school, the mother conducted her annual spring cleaning and relocated the statue of Jesus to another room in the house.
When the little girl came home, she immediately noticed the statue was not in its normal place. She came running into the kitchen, and asked her mother, ‘‘Mom, somebody moved Jesus. I have looked everywhere, but I cannot find Him.’’
That little girl’s remark bears a great yet tragic truth about the lives of many believers. There are those who are truly born-again, yet Jesus seems to be misplaced in their life. And, if the truth is known, there are others looking for Him in their life as well, but they are unable to find Him.
Did you know that there are basically 2 ways a Christian can live? (1)- A Christian can live FULLY SURRENDERED TO THE LORD. (2)- A Christian can live CASUALLY INTERESTED IN THE LORD.
*This means that there are believers who have an INTIMATE FELLOWSHIP with the Lord; and there are those who ARE JUST FAMILIAR with the Lord.
*Listen to what Leslie Weatherhead said in his book ‘‘Time for God’’. He explains the difference between ‘intimate fellowship’ with the Lord and just ‘being familiar’ with the Lord.
‘‘Familiarity’ and ‘‘intimacy’’ are not the same. Each has a value in life, but one is no substitute for the other. If one is confused for the other, we have the basis for major human unrest.
Intimacy is usually hard to come by. It must be deliberately sought and opened up and responded to. ‘Familiarit ...
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