You’re blessed when you stay on course, walking steadily on the road revealed by God.
You’re blessed when you follow his directions,
doing your best to find him.
That’s right—you don’t go off on your own;
you walk straight along the road he set.
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Then he (Jesus) said to them all: ‘If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me. For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for me will save it. What good is it for a man to gain the whole world, and yet lose or forfeit his very self? (Luke 9:23-25)
‘I know your deeds, that you are neither cold (invigorating, refreshing) nor hot (healing, therapeutic); I wish that you were cold or hot. (Revelation 3:15, AMP)
Here is just a test to see if you are lukewarm. The Bible calls us to be hot or cold, not in between. We must examine what our lives look like. Are we riding the fence or going fully for the Lord? I know some of these might be hard to swallow, but I promise that it’s a good thing to take stock of where we are in our spiritual journey!
Are you Lukewarm?
Source: Francis Chan
1. Lukewarm people attend church fairly regularly. It is what is expected of them, what they believe “good Christians” do, so they go. Isaiah 29:13.
2. Lukewarm people give money to charity and to the church as long as it doesn’t impinge on their standard of living. If they have a little extra and it is easy and safe to give, they do so, After all, God loves a cheerful giver, right? 1 Chronicles 21:24, Luke 21:1-4.
but thanks be to God, who gives us the victory [as conquerors] through our Lord Jesus Christ. (1 Corinthians 15:57, AMP)
I want to share with you the secret to my joy through the trauma I experienced. I don’t want you to think that I just easily overcame it. That somehow it disappeared or that I’ve walked out these last few weeks trauma free. That would not be true! I’ve had moments where I broke down and cried. Moments where I asked the question “Why?” Moments where it was tough to find joy. But one thing I have learned over and over again… I have a choice on where to place my focus!
I can fix my eyes on the Lord or I can fix my eyes on my circumstances. I can replay the events of yesterday over and over again or I can trust God with the next event of my life. I can look back and wonder why or look forward and think why not? I can stay in the trauma and mourn the loss of a few moments or fix my eyes on Jesus and all the moments God has yet to give me.
Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see. (Hebrews 11:1)