Lukewarm or Fervent are You Fence Sitting?

While studying for this week’s bulletin story, I ran across a interesting topic discussing the Bible times and our consideration that those times were of greater faith and Christianity than what we have here today. It referenced Revelation 3:15-16. John the Apostle writes, Jesus saying to the church of Laodicea, “I know your deeds that you are neither cold nor hot; I wish that you were cold or hot. So because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will spit you out of My mouth.” Jesus tells the church of Laodicea this because they had lost their fervency for Him as their Savior. The world had crept in around them and they began to do some fence sitting.

Fence sitting? You mean like, not choosing sides, not stating what you believe in? Trying to stay in the middle and not make waves? Jesus called a church lukewarm because they allowed themselves to get to that point He could not tolerate them anymore. He couldn’t let them go on being called a church of His so He states clearly that He was going to spew them out for their lukewarmness.

Surely that speaks of today’s current society not from years ago in the Bible? The cares of the world, the desires of the flesh, the needs and the pressures of family, and the demands of society entice many to sit on the fence and not make a stance. It is obvious as it was back then, that we are in a time of compromise as well. The nature of man has not changed much over the years has it? Lukewarmness is all around us. Perhaps you see it in yourself, your children or co-workers who claim to be Christian. Maybe your spouse isn’t living up to the standard of God’s word, or maybe, it is you.

The real question here is not what others are doing for Christ, but instead what am I doing? What am I willing to do for my Savior? Am I lukewarm? Am I fence sitting? Am I stagnant in my faith? We are all called to carry our cross for Christ and to pick up where the previous generation of faithful Christians left off. We are to be fervent for Him.