Neither Hot Nor Cold

I KNOW YOUR DEEDS THAT YOU ARE NEITHER COLD NOR HOT. I WISH YOU WERE EITHER ONE OR THE OTHER! Revelation 3.15.

Do you know that the Lord knows all about you and me? He is intensely interested in what you are and what you do? Many have the wrong notion that to be a Christian is to go to church on Sundays, sing songs, give tithes (not all!) and listen to the sermon only to forget the whole matter when they walk away!

The Bible tells us that God keeps a book in which He records all our deeds whether good or bad! One day, He will judge us according to what we have done! (Rev 20.12). “We must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive what is due him for the things done while in the body, whether good or bad” (2 Cor 5.10). The apostle Paul, as a good and faithful shepherd of God’s people, having mentioned about the judgment to come said to the believers, “Knowing, therefore, the terror of the Lord, we persuade men” (v 11).

Dear believer, the Lord looks at your life. What will He find? What will He say? Will what the Lord said be true of you, “I know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot”. It should shake you up and make you take stock of what you are actually doing with your life!

We all are doing fine in our lives. With hard work and God’s grace and help, most of us are abundantly blessed. But that is not what concerns the Lord most! He wants to know, “How is it with your soul?” Are you growing in the likeness of the Lord! Are you fruitful in the work of the Lord and to the people?

Do a quick self spiritual health check:

- Do you love the Lord with all your heart? Is He first before everything in your life?
- Do you listen to Him by reading the Bible and meditating on it daily?
- Do you take time to speak to the Lord in prayer?
- Do you give tithes of what you receive from the Lord?
- Do you give any support to your church other than attending it on Sundays?
- Are you involved in any of its vital activities - Cells or Home Fellowships?
- Are you ministering to others - physical and spiritual?

Dear fellow-believer, if you cannot honestly say “YES” to these things to the Lord, you need to give special attention to His solemn warning today: “I wish you were either one or the other!.. because you are lukewarm--neither hot nor cold--I am about to spit you out of my mouth.”

Pray and practise with me: Dear Lord, let me hear Your solemn words clear and loud. I have heard it before but I never knew its terror. Help me to do the works You are looking for and receive Your reward and escape judgment. Amen.