How is your passion toward God? Do you have a passion for him? Are you hot? Do you feel a burning desire to serve him? Are you cold? Are you refreshing, like a cold glass of water, to those you serve? Or are you lukewarm? Not really hot nor cold?
Jesus desires that we be hot or cold. He isn’t looking for lukewarm followers. He wants us to be burning with desire to know Him, seek Him, learn from Him, serve Him. Those who are hot are out setting the world on fire for Jesus.
For those who are cold, they are refreshing. They are like a cold glass of water for those they serve. Jesus likes those who are refreshing. They bring new ideas for new ways to tell others about Him. They lift people when they are down. They brighten a room when they walk in. People can see their compassion.
What Jesus doesn’t want is lukewarm followers. They just muddle their way through life. They may attend church but do nothing more than that. They may occasionally pray but it is only when they are in trouble or want something. They may even serve others but they do so with lethargy.
We should want to be either hot or cold. If we find ourselves being lukewarm, we need to ask God to fill us with his Spirit and energize us. Jesus will grant us that prayer, if we are honestly asking from our hearts. He won’t leave us in a lukewarm state.
I pray we all seek to be hot or cold. I pray we ask God to fill us with his Spirit. I pray each one of us will serve Jesus with a burning desire or a refreshing spirit that energizes others or lifts them up. Be cold. Be hot. Be filled by the Holy Spirit. Burn for Jesus. Be refreshing. Lift others up.
Revelation 3:15-16 “I know your works; you are neither cold nor hot. I wish that you were either cold or hot. So, because you are lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I am about to spit you out of my mouth.”
Marty Pressey 