Open Heavens Devotional by Pastor E.A. Adeboye
Memorise: He that is not with me is against me: and he that
gathereth not with me scattereth. Luke 11:23
Read: Matthew 12:29-31
One major problem of the church in Laodicea was their
lukewarmness.
I know thy works, that thou art neither cold
nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot. Revelation
3:15
On the thermometer of God, He expects you to read cold or
hot but not in-between. Usually, people do not like lukewarm water. If you are
given lukewarm water to quench your thirst, your stomach might get filled up
but your thirst will not be quenched, this is annoying. Whereas, if you took a
few glasses of cold water, the thirst will be quenched even if your stomach is
not filled. Lukewarmness brings about a lot of waste. If you are lukewarm in
your attitude to God and the things of His kingdom, you will be a great waste
to God’s kingdom. You may not be able to quench the thirst of the King of
kings! Lukewarm water is not capable of brewing some herbal teas that require
hot water. After soaking such tea in lukewarm water, very little will be
received of what the tea has the potential of releasing. The tea will at best
be termed coloured water. Any lover of tea will not be pleased with such tea.
In the same way, when you are lukewarm, God may never be able to get you to tap
into your hidden resources and develop them to His glory. At the end, the
lukewarm worker will earn God’s rebuke and anger.
Every lukewarm person has elements of laziness. In the
Kingdom of God, there is no middle place: it is either you are for Him or you
are against Him. You cannot afford to be neutral. If you are not walking the
narrow path to Heaven, you are on the broad way to hell. You will recognise the
fellow who is lukewarm by his or her lack of zeal. Anybody that will achieve
for God must be zealous. Jesus was consumed by zeal for kingdom assignments. Do
you show zeal when it comes to paying tithes, giving offering, winning souls or
obeying God in general? A zealous person is in a hurry to please God. Zeal
brings speed. Zeal comes with positive expectations. Zeal has genuine interest
in what is being done. Lukewarm Christians do not care about the time they come
to church hence many of them are incurable latecomers. Lukewarm Christians
cannot spend eternity with Christ.
KEY POINT:
If you can sit, eat, or chat with an unbeliever and not be
bothered that he or she is going to hell, you are lukewarm.
Bible in one year: Ezekiel 19-21
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