DAY TO DAY LIVING - COMMANDMENT NO. 7

COMMANDMENT 7 - ARE YOU LUKEWARM?

Usually being lukewarm about something is pretty safe. If you take a middle road then you are usually able to please everyone. Well, it seems that there is something about being lukewarm that the Lord doesn't like. It's important to make sure that we aren't lukewarm.

Revelation 3:16: "So then because you are lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, 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" (vs 17)

Are you comfortable in your relationship with God? Do you know exactly what He requires of you? Do people know that they have been in touch with God after they speak with you or spend time with you?

"I counsel you to buy from me gold refined in the fire so that you can become rich and white clothes to wear so that you can cover your shameful nakedness and salve to put on your eyes so that you can see." (vs 18)

Jesus is saying to buy gold from Him in order to be rich. What gold? It is something you need to find out from Him. He doesn't want us to decide on our own what we will do, say, or think. He is our source. Notice that the gold is referred to as refined in the fire. That probably means that if we are in a comfort zone we haven't had our gold refined in the fire. Perhaps what we have isn't gold at all.

Then it goes on about getting white clothes. It seems to me that it continues on as to also buy white clothes from Jesus. White signifies holiness and cleanness. The only way to being holy and clean is through Jesus. There is NO OTHER WAY.

Are we being blind? Do we need that eyesalve so we can see? Notice that Jesus didn't tell them to let Him anoint their eyes with eyesalve... we must choose to do it ourselves. He will allow us to be blind if we want. Again, are we in a comfort zone where we know exactly where God wants us to be? Have we determined that our service to Him is being completely fulfilled? Are we doing things for God without consulting Him first?

When we only think about God when we need something or when we are in church is being lukewarm. Not being interested in reading our Bibles is being lukewarm. Not looking to Him for direction each and every day is being lukewarm. Being content to learn about Him from teachers and ministers and not confirming those things with Him is being lukewarm. Thinking that going to church is all He requires of us is being lukewarm.

Let's choose to put on that eyesalve so that the blind spots can be removed. The blind spots include our own opinions and our areas of ignorance about God and His Kingdom among other things. There is no comfort zone with God. There is no easy road. There is no easy to follow path. If we aren't seeking His direction every moment then we are probably not heading in the direction He has chosen, we are probably lukewarm.