Matthew 7:26 Everyone who hears my words and does not obey them is like a foolish man who built his house on sand. 27 It rained hard, the floods came, and the winds blew and hit that house, and it fell with a big crash.

Luke 6:46 Why do you call me 'Lord, Lord,' but do not do what I say?

John 8:11 She answered, "No one sir." Then Jesus said, "I also don't judge you guilty. You may go now, but don't sin anymore."

Revelations 3: 15 I know what you do, that you are not hot or cold. I wish that you were hot or cold!! 16 But because you are lukewarm--neither hot nor cold--I am ready to spit you out of my mouth.


so today i talked with a good friend of mine. she has some tough choices in her path right now. not so tough, in that she knows already what the right thing to do is. but tough in that she does not really know if she wants or cares to DO the right things. and this got me thinking a bunch.

i did not know what to say at first. but as i thought and prayed about it, i began to think about being lukewarm; knowing what the Lord calls me to and still being unwilling to follow His way. i might go to church and read my Bible, but in my everyday life i make decisions that do not show my devotion to God or my appreciation of what Jesus did for me on the cross. i am on the fence, wavering between being for God, or being of this world. and the more i waver the further i actually go from God. i get off the fence and i go deeper and deeper into the things of the world. each choice i make contrary to the will and Word of God takes me further from Him.

what does it take to pull me back? Jesus said it best: "Do not sin anymore." a high calling for sure. decisions we make that are obviously in opposition to God's word are just that though: sins. and sometimes the only things we can do are the hard things. sometimes it even feels like our hearts are being broken, that we are not getting what we most want. but in the end, it is the narrow path that gets us to the Lord. i certainly do not always walk it well. i certainly have times when i am lukewarm. but i want to be ON FIRE for the Lord. and i want the world to know it by my life, my actions, my decisions, and my love. i have not always done it right, but each day is a new chance to make new decisions, better ones that follow the Lord's amazing will for my life.