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2017-01-17-devotional-What does McDonald’s and the Post Office have to do with our spiritual walk? (Luke 24:41-49)

1. Thanks for joining me today for “A Little Walk with God.” I’m your host Richard Agee.
2. We have developed a real problem today when it comes to building a relationship with God. Our problem is related to McDonald’s, Intel, and the Post Office. Stick around and see why those things cause us problems in our spiritual walk.
3. Scripture
   1. Luke 24:41-49
   2. Jesus: Do you have anything here to eat?

They hand Him a piece of broiled fish, and He takes it and eats it in front of them.

Jesus:  I’ve been telling you this all along, that everything written about Me in the Hebrew Scriptures must be fulfilled—everything from the law of Moses to the prophets to the psalms.

Then He opens their minds so they can comprehend the meaning of the Hebrew Scriptures.

Jesus:  This is what the Scriptures said: that the promised Anointed One should suffer and rise from the dead on the third day,  that in His name a radical change of thought and life should be preached, and that in His name the forgiveness of sins should be preached, beginning in Jerusalem and extending to all nations.  You have witnessed the fulfillment of these things. So I am sending My Father’s promise to you. Stay in the city until you receive it—until power from heaven comes upon you.

1. Devotional
   1. How impatient have you become in this technological age?
      1. TR 80
      2. Apple iiC, 128 kb memory
      3. Transmissions measured in bytes per second, not megabytes or gigabytes
      4. Open programs, get coffee
      5. Now complain if more than 15 – 20 second start-up
   2. Fast food grew up with McDonalds and Wendy’s and Kentucky Fried Chicken
      1. No long waits in restaurants
      2. Short menus
      3. Already mostly cooked
      4. Warmed up and served
      5. Not very nutritious, not very good, but fast
      6. Happy because we don’t wait
      7. Complain if it takes five minutes to get food
   3. Complain about speed of delivery
      1. Used to expect seven days for a letter
      2. Ten to fourteen days for a package
      3. Now expect not more than two day delivery, even on weekends and holidays
      4. Can’t wait that extra day for delivery even though it’s something you probably never had before and don’t really need
   4. Need to get over our impatience when it comes to knowing God
      1. Stay until
      2. Pray until
      3. Wait until
      4. Until what
   5. You are as close to God as you want to be. How long does it take to get as close as you want to be to Him?
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