God doesn’t want you to be lukewarm. There is a scripture, Revelations 3:15-19 KJV “I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot. So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth. Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked: I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see. As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.”
Pick a side, choose God or the world. He wants you to completely choose Him. No one wants someone that plays for the other team, or a spouse that sometimes is with another person and sometimes with them. They would rather you leave. God deems it so unbearable that it would make Him vomit.
God often chastises Israel for their unfaithfulness to him. He considers the worshipping of idols adultery. choosing another God over Him is unfaithful. Choose God. He sent His Son to die for you on the cross. He loves you and wants you to wholeheartedly choose Him. You can’t have idols in your heart. The riches and pleasures of the world are idols.
This is hard for many people even the rich young man told Jesus that it was too hard for him to sell everything and follow Him. Matthew 19:21-22 “Jesus said unto him, If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come and follow me. But when the young man heard that saying, he went away sorrowful: for he had great possessions.”
This challenges many of us today, when God calls us to do something that makes us give up everything to follow Him. Are we going to be lukewarm or choose to follow God wholeheartedly? I see people in the church who are pro-abortion and some that are pro-life. There are people who are getting divorced to marry someone else’s wife or husband. There are people who are in the church just looking for clients and not seeking the Lord.
Lord, give us a heart after your own heart. Let us choose to follow you. There are so many temptations, especially those that give us comfort or pleasure, that hold us back from following you wholeheartedly. Help us to get the commandment to love you with all our hearts right.
