you are neither hot nor cold..

I've been learning lately, I think about the verse in Revelations about God not wanting us to be hot nor cold. I thought once that this meant that God wanted us to choose who we were following Him (hot) or Satan (Cold). He didn't want us to be mixed in both worlds. Yet, I was taught while at Moody last year that this is not what this verse means. It actually refers to God wanting us to be the most refreshing, the best that we can be. If you think of a drink, you do not want a drink to be lukewarm, you want a cold or a hot drink. So now I am learning what this means in my own life because I have been strongly trying to abide in Christ.

Therefore this is my conclusion: live life without fear. If I want something, go after it with everything that I have. Make my yes, 'yes' and my no, 'no'! I must figure out what I want and then run after it with all of myself. I think I wasn't doing this because I was not sure what I was running after, I didn't trust what I thought I was giving my life to. Yet, God is teaching me about His love and grace and it makes me want to trust Him. God doesn't want me to just suffer, He wants me to enjoy the things He chooses to bless me. For example, if I want to pain then I can paint! If I want to be friends with someone, stop the fear and get to know them! And yet what I want the most through all of this freedom is I want to abide in Christ. If I gained the whole world and never had Christ, it would all be a loss. So, I am going to chase to abide in Christ and let His love break down the fear in my life so I can pursue the dreams and purposes He has planned for my life.

So if I am neither hot nor cold, than I will be furstrated. If I don't live life with everything that I have to give, if I hold back because of fear than I will never truly experience the life God has for me. He wants me to be hot or cold, otherwise I will be spit out again and again..bearing no fruit. (Abide in me and you will bear much fruit). I believe abiding and living life to its fullest (being hot/cold) coincide.