Hot and Cold

I love a cool breeze-- as long as the weather is hot. And I love a warm bed-- as long as the weather is cold. If the weather is moderate-- moderate temperature, moderate sunshine, moderate breeze, etc-- then we don't even notice it. And that's OK I guess but great weather is either hot or cold.

Food is the same. I like hot hot-chocolate, or cold chocolate milk, but nothing in between. I'll reheat leftover turkey, or I'll eat it cold on a sandwich, but lukewarm is the worst.

God feels the same way about people. When speaking to one of His churches he said, "I know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot. I wish you were either one or the other! So, because you are lukewarm—neither hot nor cold—I am about to spit you out of my mouth."

Its funny that many people use this quote to challenge themselves and others to avoid being "lukewarm Christians." You should instead be "on fire" for Jesus. Of course you could read this verse that way, but you could also use it to encourage people not to be Christians. Right? God says that He would rather you not be a Christian, than be a lukewarm one?

I don't know. But I know this: Great lives are those that are lived either hot or cold. And nothing great is done halfheartedly. We all know it. God knows it. Will we live it?