“So, because you are lukewarm—neither hot nor cold—I am about to spit you out of my mouth.” Revelation 3:16
The time for being lukewarm is over.
I have been guilty of being lukewarm. Maybe you too. And I don’t know what it would feel like to be spit out of the mouth of God…but I think I’ll pass.
We all know lukewarm Christians. Christians that are neither hot nor cold. They have a tendency to keep God reserved to just Sundays. Or they carry around what we call “backpack God.” They carry God where they want, when they think they need His help and leave Him in the backpack when they think that they can handle the situation or when they “don’t want Him to see.” They try to get God to “Sit. Stay. Heal.” God is not our pet and He is a little too big for a backpack. I am constantly amazed at how we try to get the God of the universe to do our bidding. Myself included.
I have been so guilty of being lukewarm in my past and I think that I have been guilty today too. But God has been sending both Pao and I this message lately…the time for being lukewarm is over. No more being a good Christian one day and acting like the world the next. Too many people live like the world and use the excuse that they are “being salt and light” when all they are really doing is living like the world. True Christians are not of this world and we shouldn’t feel like we belong. The world shouldn’t like us if we are on the right path. Yes, we have to reach out to this dying world with the life-saving message of Christ but we shouldn’t feel comfortable talking like they do and doing some of the things they do.
If you have one foot in each world I want to encourage you to move one of your feet…choose hot or cold because the time for being lukewarm is over.
The time for adjusting both the hot and cold knob to get the water just right in your world is over. Let’s get burned, scalded and on fire for this Savior that we say we love.
2 comments:
I'm not going into details, but you're not alone. I'm feeling the same way, and I KNOW several here in church are in agreement.
So I stand with you, agreeing the time has come. Amen. Amen. And amen.
I'm just catching up with your blogs, and this is one of God's many divine messages of confirmation. We have been led to study the narrow gate in Matthew, along with the 10 virgins waiting for the bridegroom. Then...there is Revelation, and the churches...and you are not alone with this. The time is short, and we must be watching and yearning for Jesus' return. AMEN.
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