Jesus’ Words in Red Overwhelming Information

Jesus’ Words in Red

Overwhelming Information

"I have much more to say to you, more than you can now bear.

So you have questions

Can you imagine Jesus telling you everything He knows?

That would be information overload

So better than overload God gave us His Spirit

To teach us all things and bring back to our remembrance what we need 

Thank you Jesus for being sensitive to what we can bear

"I have much more to say to you, more than you can now bear.”

Overwhelming Information

Information…

 We all need it and most of us want it.

Ever get too much information

coming at you all at once?

It is like going to a buffet and your stomach

can’t handle all your eyes thought looked good.

Teachers know that it is hard for most

people to handle more than three points.

That is why there are a lot of three point sermons.

When you tell a child to clean up their room you may

find them playing in the room rather than cleaning it.

Why?  Because they are overwhelmed.

But if you tell them to pick up one toy at a

time and put it away, they can get the job done.

As an adult, I look at my garage and become

overwhelmed and put off organizing till later.

When we get too much information

at one time we become overwhelmed.

It can become a source of

frustration and depression.

I used to use this verse

in marriage counseling… 

"I have much more to say to you,

more than you can now bear.”

Husbands can dump some

heavy loads on their wives.

The husband who typically reasons things out,

 can be insensitive to his wife if he doesn’t

take into consideration she will typically

process the information emotionally.

Information can overload our thoughts

and feelings for both the man and woman.

The other day I was working on a

porch of one of my rental houses.

On the pouch next door a daughter about

30 years old was telling her father play by

play events of her life on resent days.

The daughter finally took a

breath and went into the house.

The father got up came over to the side of the porch

closest to me and asked me if I had any daughters.

That dad was overwhelmed

with too much information.

Can you imagine being Jesus and

wanting to tell you everything He knows?

You might say you want to know everything,

 but be honest you can’t handle it.

There is no way Jesus could have

told the disciples everything He knew.

There was no way He could tell them

of all the future events of their lives.

And now He is getting ready to go to the Father.

So Jesus says…

  

"I have much more to say to you,

more than you can now bear.”

Jesus knew the disciple would need more information.

When you look at the questions from the

disciples in Jesus’ final discourse, you will

see the disciples had questions.

They had information they could not process.

Jesus, the teacher and prophet, had

filled the disciples’ minds to the max.

If Jesus was leaving, how would they get

the answers and direction they would need

to carry out the mission Jesus gave them?

The answer is the Holy Spirit.

“But the Counselor, the Holy Spirit,

whom the Father will send in my name,

will teach you all things and will remind

 you of everything I have said to you.

John 14:26

It is wonderful to know the teaching and remindings

continues even after Jesus went to be with the Father…

“But when he, the Spirit of truth, comes,

he will guide you into all truth.

He will not speak on his own;

he will speak only what he hears,

and he will tell you what is yet to come.”      

We have the Holy Spirit to give us all the

information we need and when we need it.

There has been a concern over the

past 2 years I have had to deal with.

As I look back on the time line I can see

there is no way I would have been able to

understand how it would all work out.

The adjustments in my life that were necessary

to get me to the goal had to be a process.

When I saw the work of the Holy Spirit…

I began to have more peace even

though I could not see the outcome.

I believe it is important that we talk to

the Holy Spirit and pray in the spirit.

When you are face to face with a person and you

are listening to their voice, you can pick up their spirit.

  

But Jesus left His disciples and they, as well as us,

have to learn to connect and to listen to the Holy Spirit.

 Jesus never meant our relationship

with the Holy Spirit to be wired.

The Holy Spirit will not say

anything different than God’s Word.

How wonderful it is that

God knows what we can bear.

When Jesus walked with the disciples,

He was always imparting information.

Now you and I have the same benefit of the Holy Spirit

imparting the information we need on a daily bases

and having Him bring back to our remembrance

what we need when we need it.

If you want to increase your

ability of hearing the Holy Spirit…

Then spend time reading God’s Word and

ask the Holy Spirit to open your eyes.

Scripture Reading

John 16:12-15 NIV

12 "I have much more to say to you, more than you can now bear. 13 But when he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all truth. He will not speak on his own; he will speak only what he hears, and he will tell you what is yet to come. 14 He will bring glory to me by taking from what is mine and making it known to you. 15 All that belongs to the Father is mine. That is why I said the Spirit will take from what is mine and make it known to you.