LIVING ABOVE MEDIOCRITY

LIVING ABOVE MEDIOCRITY

“To the angel of the church in Laodicea write: These are the words of the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the ruler of God’s creation. 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.” (Revelation 3: 14-16)

A prominent businessman who was enrolling his son in a well known university shook his head as he examined the schools catalogue of studies. “Does my son have to take all these courses?’ he asked the dean. “Can’t you make it shorter? He wants to get out quickly.”

“Certainly, he can take a shorter course,” replied the dean. “But it all depends on what your son wants to be. When God wants to make an oak tree He takes twenty years, but He only takes two months to make a squash.”

Short cuts are attractive, and you are free to take the easy way out, but that’s being ordinary, one of the crowd, being mediocre.

In this scripture the God calls mediocrity, lukewarmness. The people of the Laodicean church were neither hot nor cold, they were complacent, they were unconcerned with accomplishment and they were just going through the motions. The world is full of mediocrity. Mediocrity is the state of being moderate to inferior in quality; ordinary. God did not create us to be mediocre, ordinary people.

Man did not evolve from some ameba in the ocean millions of years ago, like the scientists want us to believe. We did not evolve from the monkey as the evolutionists tell us. I don’t know about you but I was created in the image and likeness of God (Genesis 1:27). We’re extraordinary in every way through Jesus Christ. God gifted us with the ability to think, to express ourselves with words, to love and to know that we were created by Him.  

We are God’s creation. His character went into the creation of every one of us. When you feel worthless or even begin to hate yourself, remember that God is in you, ready and willing to work within you.

Always remember who you are; we are His children, we are His church. We have the promise of His abiding love and presence. We are heirs of heaven. We can do anything through Christ. Don’t settle for less then your best. God has given us His spirit, His Word, His blessings, He has given you gifts. Now he expects us to do our best for His honor and glory.

If you are living a mediocre existence, your soul is in danger. The very clear message from God is that He is fed up with and will not tolerate mediocrity in his people.