Is Jesus Just an Entertainer?

This morning in our staff Devotion, we decided to take a small passage for our meditation. Luke 11:29-32
Normally, it's not the kind of passage we would choose to meditate on - but I saw some extra-ordinary thoughts in there for practical living - so, I thought I'll share it with you.

vs.29 - starts off by saying, "As the crowds increased, Jesus said ..."
2 things Jesus points out here:
vs.31 - The Queen of Sheba coming to visit King Solomon - after hearing about his wisdom and greatness, &
vs.30,31 - Jonah, being sent to the Ninevites to preach repentance.

The 2 OT stories in brief are:
a) one came to show respect, after hearing about the wondrous wisdom, &
b) the other was sent, to the people to help change their ways.

Jesus is using that to show that the people had come in great numbers, NOT to pay respect after hearing about His greatness; but were only interested in being entertained by Jesus for what He did.
Secondly, Jesus was sent to the people to help them repent of their ways, but unlike the Ninevites who obeyed the word of Jonah, these people refused to listen to one greater than Jonah.

In fact, if we read the 2 verses above this paragraph, it reads:
vs.27 - As Jesus was saying these things a woman in the crowd called out, "Blessed is the mother who gave you birth and nursed you".
vs.28 - He replied, "Blessed rather are those who hear the Word of God and obey it".

Jesus is clearly annoyed that people come to be entertained, but don't care to put into practice the truth they hear!

The challenge for us will remain, are we coming to Jesus, just so that we can be entertained?
Are we one in the crowd, without having that personal touch?
Do we settle for just knowing things about God / Jesus, rather than enjoying the blessings which comes from obeying His Word?
Or even worse, watching others being blessed and not wanting to experience it ourself?

For further thoughts on this, please read my Devotional Thought # 6, entitled: 'To be Touched or To Touch'

Let's come to Him with an attitude of honouring Him.
Let's seek to obey what He says to us.