What's Your Spiritual Temperature?
It is the middle of July, ninety degrees, and you have just poured yourself a tall glass of iced tea with a slice of lemon. Condensation dripping down the glass calls you to refreshment. The phone rings. You put your glass on the counter and pick up the phone only to find that it was the wrong number.
Then you suddenly remember that today you had planned to mow the grass. You grab the mower and begin plowing through your work in the back yard. An hour later, your tongue stuck to the roof of your mouth, you remember the glass of cool, refreshing iced tea sitting on the counter. You rush in, sweat dripping from your brow, and pick up the glass. But you know what? It is no longer refreshing. It is warm, and watered down, and you pour the drink down the sink.
Now it is the middle of January. You have just put on a pot of coffee getting ready to settle down by the fire when your elderly neighbor calls. He asks if you could shovel his driveway. The wind chill is below 0 degrees and you soon lose sight of that cup of coffee. Forty minutes later you return, chilled to the bone, only to find that your cup of hot coffee has become lukewarm. Disgustingly, it also gets tossed down the sink. Jesus said in Revelation 3:16, "So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth." Again, In Revelation 2:4 and 5 Jesus said, Nevertheless I have somewhat against
You grab the mower and begin plowing through your work in the back yard. An hour later, your tongue stuck to the roof of your mouth, you remember the glass of cool, refreshing iced tea sitting on the counter. You rush in, sweat dripping from your brow, and pick up the glass. But you know what? It is no longer refreshing. It is warm, and watered down, and you pour the drink down the sink. Now it is the middle of January. You have just put on a pot of coffee getting ready to settle down by the fire when your elderly neighbor calls. He asks if you could shovel his driveway. The wind chill is below 0 degrees and you soon lose sight of that cup of coffee. Forty minutes later you return, chilled to the bone, only to find that your cup of hot coffee has become lukewarm. Disgustingly, it also gets tossed down the sink. Jesus said in Revelation 3:16, "So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth." Again, In Revelation 2:4 and 5 Jesus said, Nevertheless I have somewhat against
Now it is the middle of January. You have just put on a pot of coffee getting ready to settle down by the fire when your elderly neighbor calls. He asks if you could shovel his driveway. The wind chill is below 0 degrees and you soon lose sight of that cup of coffee. Forty minutes later you return, chilled to the bone, only to find that your cup of hot coffee has become lukewarm. Disgustingly, it also gets tossed down the sink. Jesus said in Revelation 3:16, "So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth." Again, In Revelation 2:4 and 5 Jesus said, Nevertheless I have somewhat against
Jesus said in Revelation 3:16, "So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth." Again, In Revelation 2:4 and 5 Jesus said, Nevertheless I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first love. Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen, and repent, and do the first works..." Clearly, Jesus would have us to be red hot for Him, burning for Him in a lost and dying world, but just like that cup of coffee, we have become lukewarm in our love for Him, it is disgusting to Him--and to that lost and dying
Clearly, Jesus would have us to be red hot for Him, burning for Him in a lost and dying world, but just like that cup of coffee, we have become lukewarm in our love for Him, it is disgusting to Him - and to a lost and dying world as well. He would rather us be cold, frigid toward the things of God, than to be lukewarm. At the same time realize that cold is refreshing and satisfying.We
We can not serve two masters. Have you left your first love. What areas of your life need to be rekindled again? How about your personal prayer life or devotional time? We will no doubt spend our time in the things that are important to us. How important is your time with the Lord? How about church attendance? Are you in your place every Sunday morning, Sunday evening, and Wednesday evening? We are admonished to not forsake the assembling of ourselves together (Hebrews 10:25). How about your witnessing? The Great Commission is given five times in the first five books of the New Testament (Matthew 28:19, 20; Mark 16:15; Luke 24:47; John 20:21; Acts 1:8). Why is it that a command with that much importance is so greatly circumvented in the day in which we live? Do we truly seek the face of God and the presence of His Holy Spirit in our lives? Isn't it about time we repent and do the first work? Time is running out and there are far too many people that need the Lord. Let us get serious about what we claim to believe and live it. Let us burn brightly so that others can see Him through us. Let us make a difference while we still can.
How about church attendance? Are you in your place every Sunday morning, Sunday evening, and Wednesday evening? We are admonished to not forsake the assembling of ourselves together (Hebrews 10:25). How about your witnessing? The Great Commission is given five times in the first five books of the New Testament (Matthew 28:19, 20; Mark 16:15; Luke 24:47; John 20:21; Acts 1:8). Why is it that a command with that much importance is so greatly circumvented in the day in which we live? Do we truly seek the face of God and the presence of His Holy Spirit in our lives? Isn't it about time we repent and do the first work? Time is running out and there are far too many people that need the Lord. Let us get serious about what we claim to believe and live it. Let us burn brightly so that others can see Him through us. Let us make a difference while we still can.
How about your witnessing? The Great Commission is given five times in the first five books of the New Testament (Matthew 28:19, 20; Mark 16:15; Luke 24:47; John 20:21; Acts 1:8). Why is it that a command with that much importance is so greatly circumvented in the day in which we live? Do we truly seek the face of God and the presence of His Holy Spirit in our lives? Isn't it about time we repent and do the first work? Time is running out and there are far too many people that need the Lord. Let us get serious about what we claim to believe and live it. Let us burn brightly so that others can see Him through us. Let us make a difference while we still can.
Do we truly seek the face of God and the presence of His Holy Spirit in our lives? Isn't it about time we repent and do the first work? Time is running out and there are far too many people who need the Lord. Let us get serious about what we claim to believe and live it. Let us burn brightly so that others can see Him through us. Let us make a difference while we still can.
