“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. You say, ‘I am rich; I have acquired wealth and do not need a thing.’ But you do not realize that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind and naked.” (Revelation 3:14–17, NIV 1984).
My Musings – “The love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people, eager for money, have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs.” (1 Timothy 6:10, NIV 1984). Money is not intrinsically bad. But our attitude towards it can be. Resulting in a false impression that we “do not need a thing” and a “[wandering] from the faith.” A spiritual insensitivity that prevents us from “[realizing] that [we have become] wretched, pitiful, poor, blind and naked.”
My Advice – When we feel like we “do not need a thing” our faith can become “lukewarm—neither hot nor cold.” While it might feel comfortable, it is a very dangerous place for the Christian to be. Far better to “spit out the riches [we] swallowed (“Job 20:15, NIV 1894), than for God “to spit [us] out of [His] mouth.”
“Taste and see that the Lord is good; blessed is the man who takes refuge in Him. [For] those who seek the Lord lack no good thing.” (Psalms 34:8, 10, NIV 1984). Even in poverty.
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