Why Don't They Listen?

Do you ever wonder why people seem so deaf to the gospel? You try to live your life as a believer in the open where people can see your faith. When asked you are free to talk about Jesus and sometimes you might even venture to open up a conversation about the Lord.

But some people act as if you are speaking a foreign language. They look at you like you are a crazy or deluded person who has no sense. And yet you know that we as humans have evil inside of us that we can get rid of by ourselves and that we need a perfect rescuer to make us clean. You know that the only person ever to qualify was Jesus Christ. You love Him and want others to as well.

So I found a little clue as to people's attitudes in Exodus.

In chapter 6 God tells Moses to let the children of Israel know they are about to be rescued from Egypt. But when he tells them this is says "but they did not listen to Moses, because of their broken spirit and harsh slavery."

I find that interesting. All the years under Pharaoh's thumb had broken their will to believe that anything good could ever happen. And the time spent as a slave, though terrible, was the devil they knew.

Some people have gotten used to being without God. Life is always going to be hard and there will never be anything really good that happens so why get my hopes up. Like a person kidnapped and sent into slavery to sin, they become comfortable in their condition because it is a survival mechanism.

So I guess we just need to understand it, let the miracle of Jesus new life slowly sink through the hardened layers until they realize that rescue is possible. That all they need do is open one ear and their heart and Egypt will be no more!

Pastor Tom