We have all heard the scripture "Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and ear with him and he with me." We use this all the time when we are talking to people that don't know Jesus.
The truth is... this was written to a church - to a body of believers!
They had become lukewarm. They thought they were prosperous. Their life was comfortable.
Christianity is the same way. It's very easy to become complacent because we've been Christians for so long. Somehow, we stop being grateful and we stop being diligent. In their comfortability and routine they started missing out on the real relationship with God!
Going into 2013, let us not become complacent. Let us struggle to keep God in the forefront of our lives. Let us not forget the discipline of
- prayer, and not just a wish list
- Bible study, not just reading devotions and calling it a day
- sharing the gospel with the lost, not assuming it's someone elses job.
“‘I know your works: you are neither cold nor hot. Would that you were either cold or hot! So, because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will spit you out of my mouth. For you say, I am rich, I have prospered, and I need nothing, not realizing that you are wretched, pitiable, poor, blind, and naked. I counsel you to buy from me gold refined by fire, so that you may be rich, and white garments so that you may clothe yourself and the shame of your nakedness may not be seen, and salve to anoint your eyes, so that you may see. Those whom I love, I reprove and discipline, so be zealous and repent. Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and eat with him, and he with me. The one who conquers, I will grant him to sit with me on my throne, as I also conquered and sat down with my Father on his throne. He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.’” (Revelation 3:15-22 ESV)
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