I was watching a video this morning on facebook, that my cousin had posted about a tv evangelist, so to speak. It seemed that every question he was asked, in relation to how he believed, his answer was either, "Well, I try not to judge people" or " Well, I don't know that much about it" and so on. I watched a couple of other videos on him and always seen the same ...thing. Either he was afraid to speak up for what he believed in due to him being a very popular man and he didn't want to offend his congregation, or he really just didn't care what people did.
I began to talk to God about this, and He brought some scriptures to my mind. Revelation 3: 14-18, God was talking to the church of Laodicea, saying, " I know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot. I wish you were either one or the other! But because you are lukewarm - neither hot nor cold- I am about to spit you out of my mouth. You say, "I am rich; I have acquired wealth and do not need a thing." But you do not realize that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind, and naked."
When we try to straddle the fence when it comes to serving God, we're going to displease God. Some people want to see how close they can live like the world, and still serve God. In John 17: 15-17 Jesus said to God, " My prayer is not that you take them out of the world but that you protect them from the evil one. They are not of this world, even as I am not of it. Sanctify them by the truth; Your Word is truth." If we want to know what God says about sin in our lives...Read the Bible. If we want to know what God requires of us...Read the Bible. If we want to know how to be a better witness...Read the Bible. If we want direction....Read the Bible! How can we be a witness to others if we don't know what God's Word says? I've had people tell me, "Well, God wants us to enjoy our lives."Sure He does! But He also wants us to desire more than anything else in our hearts, to want to be as close to Him as we can. We can't be hot and cold at the same time. It's not possible. So what are we going to do? Are we going to choose to be on fire for God? Are we going to choose not to serve him and be cold? Or are we going to try and be lukewarm? That way, we can lean toward the world, when it's supposedly to our benefit, and we can be a christian too when we want to be. God says He won't allow that. He will spit us out of His mouth. In otherwards, that leaves a bad enough taste in His mouth that He just wants to spit it out. I believe God wants us to stay true to His Word, take a stand for what His Word says, witness for Him, and have a desire for more of Him. I want to be faithful to God! How about you? Are you sitting on that fence? You need to decide what side you want to be on. Are you cold? You need to give your heart to the Lord. Or are you on fire for God? I want to be ready...don't you?
