Too Tired Of God?

“O my people, what have I done unto thee? and wherein have I wearied thee? testify against me.” (Mic 6:3 AV)

We have all been there.  Most are there still.  The LORD is speaking to His people.  They became weary of the expectations placed upon them by God.  So, they went after the world.  God reminds them from where they were rescued and compares His expectations with the demands of our wicked world.  Liberty in God under the law He has provided is far more blessed than liberty to sin.  We get into trouble when we forget how binding sin can become.  When we begin to think the expectations from God are worse than living outside those expectations, this is when we get tired of God.  When we stop and think of the point of the statement above, it borders on the absurd.

This reminds me of growing pains.  There was a time when we were tired of our parents.  As very young children, we may have been wearied of the rules, but in order to eat and sleep and have clothes and be taken care of, we submitted to those rules.  Then we began to grow up, get a job, and become a bit more independent.  We saw the freedom others enjoyed.  Or so it seemed.  Our peers didn’t have as many rules as we had, so, we became weary of the rules of our parents.  We followed after friends and their household rules because we were tired of the expectations placed upon us.  The trouble is, we forget on which side our bread is buttered.  We forget all that our parents have done for us and continue to do so because we are weary of the rules and expectations.  We also fail to realize the rules and expectations exist for a reason.  They are not there just because our parents can have rules.  They are there for our own good.  These rules keep us out of trouble.  The expectations prepare us to be successful.  In the long run, it makes us better and happier people.

There is too much individual opinion and liberty within the body of Christ.  Too much selfish and childish self-centeredness.  As a preacher, it is difficult to preach rules, standards, and expectations because the moment this topic is breached, the immature among us think it to be unreasonable.  As a body of Christ, we have become weary of God.  We don’t like holy living.  We don’t like separation.  We don’t like identifying something as displeasing to God, or worse, sin.  There are no more absolutes.  Every man is doing that which is right in his own eyes.  Why?  Because we are wearied with God.  We are tired of the restrictions.  We are embarrassed to be called the child of God.  We cannot put up with the mockery any more.  The world is taking its toll on us and we are tired.  The cure for this weariness is to remember the pit from which we were dug.  Personally, I don’t want to go back there!  I’d rather have the rules, standards, and expectations than to have the liberty to satisfy the flesh.