Do you sometimes feel as though you are walking around in a fog? Do you wonder if you fully understand what you should be doing? Have you sought to relieve yourself of that feeling? Have you decided to open your eyes to the reality of your situation?
More people than we would like to think are walking around in a fog. They have been deceived into thinking they are doing well. They have been fooled to believe it is their desires that matters most. They are lost in a false belief of self importance.
Jesus tells the church in Sardis that they need to wake up. They need to strengthen what remains. There is a remnant that still desires to do God’s will. They still want to perform the good works God had in store for them. They had not been fooled by the false desires of selfish ambition.
Have we been fooled by false desires? If we have gotten comfortable in our wealth or stability or our current situation, we have been fooled. At no time does Jesus nor His apostles say we are to be comfortable. In fact, quite the opposite. We are to be uncomfortable and in mission for Christ.
Sitting inside the four walls of the church is not what we are called to. We are called to be in community, serving those in need, bringing the good news to the lost. For most of us, that means we will be uncomfortable. God has set those good works before us. It is our commission and duty to carry them out.
I pray we all realize we are not to be comfortable. I pray we seek to not be fooled. I pray each one of us will take up the good works God has prepared for us and set aside our personal desires. Be uncomfortable. Do not be fooled. Do good works. Do God’s works.
Revelation 3:2 Wake up, and strengthen what remains and is on the point of death, for I have not found your works perfect in the sight of my God.
Marty Pressey 