By Andrea Merrell
There are few things worse than lukewarm coffee.
All you coffee drinkers will understand. Those of you who are not … please bear
with me.
I like my coffee hot—really hot. When I don’t drink
it fast enough, it’s hard to keep track of the number of times it goes into the
microwave. After a sip of the lukewarm brew, I almost want to spit it out.
Iced, hot, or even frozen, but never lukewarm.
Evidently, the Lord feels the same way. Well, not
about coffee but about us. To the church at Laodicea He wrote, I know your deeds, that you are neither cold
nor hot. I wish you were either one or the other! So,
because you are lukewarm—neither hot nor cold—I am about to spit you out of my
mouth (Revelation 3:15-16 NIV).
Pretty
strong words if you ask me. If we’re not fired up for Him, He’d rather us be
chilly and searching than mediocre in our faith and sitting on the fence.
Need
more proof? Look at John 15:1-2: I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener. He
cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that
does bear fruit He prunes so that it will be even more fruitful (NIV).
Cut
off or spit out. Neither sounds promising, right?
The
truth is God wants us completely sold out to Him, on fire and plugged in to the
Source. There’s no such thing as drifting along on our spiritual journey—especially
in this crazy world we live in. It's time for us to be serious about our faith.
What’s your spiritual temperature? Are you hot or
cold? If
you measure as lukewarm, turn up the heat. Be on fire for the Lord, and watch
what He’ll do in your life.
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