Lukewarm Christians

We've all done it.

Drawn a bath.

You run the water as hot as you can stand it.

Maybe put some bath salts or bubbles in it.

Maybe light candles.

Make it as soothing as possible.

Then something happens.

The kids start crying, the phone rings, someone knocks on the door.

Distractions.

So you leave that hot bath water.

To go tend to whatever it is that is going on in your life.

One thing after another...

Until finally we can return to our bath.

But then, it's not hot anymore.

It has become lukewarm.

This is what happens to our spiritual lives a lot of times.

We are On Fire in our spiritual walk with God

We get so excited and start indulging in everything we can to get our fill of God's love.

We go to church everytime the door is open,

we read our bibles and do our devotions everyday,

we pray non stop,

we sign up for everything on our church calendar, etc.

But then life sets in.

Things start coming up and we start getting distracted.

We stop having consistency in our spiritual lives.

And like our bath water, we leave our spiritual lives to tend to the other things.

One thing after another.

And by the time we get through all those things and get back to God

We have become lukewarm.

We have been distracted from God.

We have put other things before him.

And that On Fire determination we once had has now fizzled out.

The problem is, like we do with our baths, we leave it lukewarm.

We get in the bath anyways.

Just like we become content with our spiritual lives to be lukewarm.

Instead of running new bath water.

Reigniting our spiritual lives and seeking out ways to once again be On Fire for the Lord.

But God HATES lukewarm Christians.

"I know your works, that you are neither cold nor hot. I could wish you were cold or hot. So then, because you are lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will vomit you out of my mouth."

Revelations 3:15-16

And if God hates when we lose our passion about him,

 why are we okay to become content with it?

We should hate being lukewarm just as much as he does!

God would rather us be COLD than lukewarm

O U C H.

So how do we fix it?

It spells it out perfectly in Colossians 3:2

"Set your minds on things above, not on things of the earth"

It's as simple as that.

Anytime we feel ourselves getting distracted from God.

When we feel as though we are making our earthly responsibilities more important than our responsibility to God...

We need to put ourselves in check.

We need to stop what we are doing and pray for God to forgive us for being distracted.

And ask that God ignite that fire in our hearts again.

Dear Lord,

Forgive me for ever being lukewarm. Forgive me for ever being distracted. Forgive me for putting earthly things ahead of you. For you are what my focus should always be on. You are the most important thing. And I need to live my life in that way. Father help me to be reminded of this constantly. Help me to always put you first. Help me to not become distracted by the world, but instead be distracted away from the world by you. Help me to continue daily to seek you and to always be On Fire for you Lord. Thank you. I love you. Amen.