Watch "When Disillusionment Hits" By Greg SiddersWhite Pine Community Church March 26, 2017
"Be everywhere, do everything, and never fail to astonish the customer." That's the motto of Macy's, and it also sums up what I expected from Jesus when I first began to follow Him. I thought He would be everywhere and do everything I wanted Him to do with astonishing power.
He has astonished me, all right--by not doing
what I expected. Everyone who follows Jesus will at some point hit the
this-isn't-what-I-signed-up-for wall of disillusionment. Why should we
keep following Him when He doesn't exceed our expectations?
We are going to watch Jesus astonish His
disciples, and not in a delightful way. We'll see most turn away
and a few keep following. And we will discover what fueled the endurance
of the minority, so that we too will have what it takes to follow our
unpredictable Lord all the way to the finish line.
