“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 school's catalog 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, 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 as 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, and 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 than your best. God has given us His Spirit, His
Word, His blessings, and He has given us 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.
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