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Revelations
3:15-17 KJV
I
know your works; you are neither cold nor hot.
Would
that you were cold or hot!
So, because you are lukewarm,
neither
cold nor hot,
I
will to spew you out of my mouth.
For
you say, I am rich, I have prospered,
and I
need nothing;
not
knowing that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind and naked.
In the first
century, John, one of the 12 Disciples and writer of
Revelations, was discouraged with the church at Laodicea, disgusted
might be a better word because they were dead in the water and making no effort
to resurrect.
Nor was the Lord happy with their
enthusiasm hiatus.
Therefore through John, the Lord, spoke to
their love affair with the inconsequential,
"…because you are lukewarm, neither cold nor hot, I will spew you out of
my mouth."
They weren’t suffering from negativism or
positivism…for those are active traits. Rather,
they were suffering from an abundance of
apathy… too bored to
care about anything…they were bogged down in emotional limbo.
Why?
Why
would anyone chose this malady of the mind?
Why would anyone pass by the offer Christ makes,
“I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it
abundantly” (John 10:10 KJV).
Why would anyone
want to feed on lethargy
and sup on doldrums till their life is tired and grey with boredom?
Who would
one thoughtfully
invite monotony to come to call, and perhaps become a permanent part of their daily living?
No one, you would
probably answer, but yes, there are a ton of somebody’s who do just that on a regular
basis…say ”No” to every new opportunity…
“What do you believe in?” a man was asked. And without
a pause he replied, “A little bit of everything and
anything.”
He probably considered himself a very
open-minded individual, but in fact he was explaining why he was really open
ended. Everything and anything flowing
in and out with little thought or concern.
Do you know what the Greek
origin for the word enthusiasm means? Possessed by God. Being filled with God.” For when you are
possessed by God, and filled with God…all of you wants
the best for you…and nothing less.
And once you’ve
reached that point, then you actually will have more energy to accomplish so much more
of what God’s world offers. And I know I
am telling many of you what you already know.
We are essentially
made up of three parts: the mental, the physical and the spiritual. And to ignore any of these
three is to set up a pattern of living that can easily
become like a can of lukewarm Coke – Unsatisfying. Undesirable. Boring.
Allow me to put to you some questions.
Do you exercise your mind every
day? Not occasionally. Not ere now and then. But every day. Strengthening
your brain so you think better, sharper?
Many scientists say dementia and Alzheimers is allergic to a mind being
pushed to its limits.
Stop Alzheimers
by mind exercises… no…slow it down…yes.
Enough
scientists say yes for me not to ignore it.
Do you
exercise your body regularly to keep it from becoming shrunken and run down and
flabby? Don’t want to,you say…it eats
time…no doubt about it…it is time consuming.
But what were you going to do during that 30 minutes you might be
exercising… that was more important?
Do
you exercise your soul by more often
communicating with God thereby strengthening your understanding of and
relationship with Him who created you? Do you think it
is good to never think about your soul?
Or do you consider exercising, of any
kind, so boring you do as
little of it as possible?
I think that
almost everyone would admit to the truth of the following statement … that if you become
enthusiastic about keeping all parts of the earthly “temple” God gave you in
good shape, it can be exciting. Certainly not
boring.
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