“Like a muddied
spring or a polluted well
are the righteous who give way to the
wicked.”
Proverbs 25:26
So, because you
are lukewarm—neither hot nor cold—I am
about to spit
you out of my mouth.”
Revelation 3:16
Both of these
scriptures speak of a mixture or blending.
The spring is
muddied and the well is polluted.
The lukewarm is
the result of blending or mixing hot and cold.
John, in writing
his epistle, had this to say about loving the world:
“Do not love the
world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, love for the Father is
not in them. For everything in the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the
eyes,
and the pride of
life—comes not from the Father but from the world.”
John 2:15-16
A love for the worlds systems, culture and
priorities can create a mixture in believers.
A blending, if you will, of two cultures
and two kingdoms.
That blending or
mixture will dilute the power of and passion for God in your life.
The lukewarm
believer and a drink from a polluted well are both spit out.
They bring
little or no value to either kingdom in there diluted and polluted state.
The current
vernacular might describe it as someone who ‘sits on the fence’
or someone with ‘‘one
foot in the world and one foot in the Kingdom of God.”
They are not a
person ‘all in’ for the King.
As you spend
time with the Lord today ask yourself these questions:
Am I a fence straddler?
Do I try to keep
one foot in the world and one foot in the Kingdom of God?
Am I all
in for the King?
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