Piddling in the Wilderness – Hebrews 3:12-19

Introduction

1.     Define – piddling – dealing in trifles, killing time

2.     Doing things not pertinent to the goal

Israel spent 40 years in the wilderness

1.     Could have made in months – about 6 months

2.     Went by Sinai

a.     Got the law

b.     Made the tabernacle – added a year or so

3.     Got to Kadesh-Barnea

a.     Sent out 12 spies

b.     Had a grasshopper complex

c.     603,550 able bodied men over 20

d.     2 (Joshua and Caleb) entered the land

4.     What about us – here – today?

a.     Are we piddling along our way to heaven?

b.     When will we get serious about our Christianity?

5.     Stop piddling – stop playing church, dealing in trifles, killing time

a.     Build your faith

b.     Grow

c.     Visit

d.     Get our priorities right

e.     Do what is important