“Let love be genuine.
Abhor what is evil; hold fast to what is good.
Love one another with brotherly affection. Outdo one another in showing
honor. Do not be slothful in zeal, be
fervent in spirit, serve the Lord. Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be
constant in prayer.” Romans 12:9-12 (ESV)
Lukewarm
water, to me, is the nastiest stuff. I
love water, don’t get me wrong, but lukewarm water, no thank you. I have accidently taken a sip of lukewarm
water, and I spit it out. It was not for
me.
So why would
I want to be lukewarm Christian? This month we want our focus and prayer to be
for the Lord to help us not be a lukewarm Christian. It is only in looking to the Lord that we
will be lit on fire for Him.
For too many
years, I know that I was a lukewarm Christian.
It is going through life, believing in God, but not really taking my
relationship with Him seriously. I did
not let Him be Lord of my life. I was mediocre in my beliefs, and lived life on
my terms. If God fit into my life, then
that was good enough.
I mean, I
went to church, most weekends. That was
good enough, right? How would you feel if your friends only talked to you one
day a week, sometimes? That is not the
type of relationship that God wants from me.
He wants me to let Him into every area of my life, be Lord of my
life.
That is what
I want as well. I don’t want to be
something that God wants to spit out of His mouth. I want to be red hot for the
Lord. My first instincts should be to
take it to the Lord. My first instinct
should be to talk it out with the Lord.
I have
recently started doing that. It is a journey that God keeps showing me. It is a
step by step process, but I am to be on this amazing journey. So, I am praying that I will not be a
lukewarm Christian either.
“My son, (or daughter),
give me your heart and let your eyes observe my ways.” Proverbs 23:26 (ESV)
This month,
let us all pray and allowed God to be Lord of us and all that is us. If our focus is on the Lord, and not on
ourselves. We as humans can be so
self-involved. How does God fit into my
life?
Wrong
question. It should be how do I fit into
God’s. This month, let us have that be
our focus. Stop with the ideas that we
can do this life on our own. I know I
can’t. How is that going for you, the
doing it on your own?
Be on fire
for the Lord, and the world will take notice.
Be the fire that shines to the world.
Dear Lord,
I pray that you light me on fire for
you. Going through this life on my own
has not worked, and I don’t want to do it anymore. Be Lord of my life, and help me to never go
back to the lukewarm.
In Jesus’ Name – Amen
Laura Maxson
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