Hosanna Restoration Church

Often times we do not realize we need to take control until we have lost control. We do not realize what we did not see until we see that we did not see. As we saw before, we have promises from God that we did not see. Jesus spoke in John 14 and said that people did not accept the Holy Spirit because they could not see Him. Once we see Him we see what we could not see. See what I am saying?

When Jude wrote, he really wanted to tell the people all the good news about the Good News, but instead he had to warn them about the bad news of what happens when people get to casual in their relationship with God. The truth is, many folks have never been anything but casual with God. They may be dedicated to a church and neglect dedication to the One who is supposed to be the center of it all. I guess I would have to say that I was casual at most before I saw that casual would not cut it. As the song says I was blind but now I see. Saul thought he saw until he could not see then he saw the truth and wanted to see more.

Everyone is somewhere on the chart; not seeing at all, needing to see more, neglecting, or not seeing that they are not seeing! Jude was writing to Christians who did not see, then they saw, and now were in danger of the worst kind of blindness; casually neglecting and unaware of the state they were in. In the end he assured them God was strong enough if they would just lean on Him.

I had a dream that left me confused and seeking and ultimately brought these thoughts about. In the dream everything seemed pretty normal, even though I was lying in bed doing the church service! Yes, it seemed fine, until I wanted to get up and do something, but since I was in my pajamas I could not. Still the service went on. Actually it was more like a gathering and to be honest hardly anyone was really paying attention. Then it seemed that at a certain time, people just started to leave. Then it was over and no one even noticed that there was anything wrong. When I woke up, I thought that was really a strange dream. Where does one go but to the Lord with a strange dream?

First I considered the casual part. Casual is not necessarily bad, unless it is our attitude toward God. We can get casual and not even notice it. We can allow our days to get so busy and neglect prayer and our bible. We can get so focused on ourselves that we miss what the Holy Spirit is showing us. We can be thinking so much about what is coming up that our body may be in the building when we have already left.

Anything that is neglected goes downhill. We may not see it right away until suddenly it is a mess. We do not realize we need to take control until we see what is out of control. I had to realize I was lost before I was found. Maybe in this you see something. I did! No way am I going to allow casual to control or shipwreck my faith. Let’s finish this Lord!