I asked my friend..."are you hot for Jesus?" (Rev. 3:15-16)
He replied..."no, I'm not...I'm lukewarm..."
Then I asked, "so... what are you going to do about it?"
He replied tongue-in-cheek..."date a girlfriend who is passionate for Jesus!"
=_= To which I replied tongue-in-cheek, "then you got to change your girlfriend!"
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Well, the morale of the story is not about changing your girlfriend or boyfriend... nor is it about hanging around people who are passionate for Jesus in the hope that we can be passionate for Jesus too...
Think about it... if we always have a heart connect with someOne within us who is hot, how can we not be hot too? If we have someOne who is burning inside of us, the key is not to look at things or people outside to just ignite the fire, but to seek to add 'fuel' (through reading of the word, meditation / prayer, fellowship with the Holy Spirit etc) to keep that flame burning within us, inside-out..
Not just ignite... but keep the fire burning...
True that people can inspire us, but it can't last us very long. Nothing can replace our own searching out and journey with God. Besides, conviction's gotta come from our innermost being, not just because 'someone said so..'. If we have conviction, even when no one is looking, or doing it, we will still do it. If we do or believe something because of what someone else said, when the person cease to exist or imperfection sets in (people or relationship changes..), we will lose heart.
A mother asked her five-year-old boy.... "How do you keep the fire burning?"...He replied swiftly, "Throw in fresh logs." (Lev. 6:10-13)
Daily... removing the ashes.. things that hinder the fire from burning... and adding in fresh logs... to keep the fire burning...Perhaps some of us have ashes to remove, so that our fire can burn brighter... Perhaps some of us gotta throw in fresh logs to keep the fire burning...
What diminishes love? Trash them.... even valid as they are... what enhances love for God and people? Cultivate them...
Jesus' eyes are blazing when He looks at us because His heart is passionate for us... (Dan. 10:6; Rev. 1:14; 19:12)... if we are near Him, and have a heart-connect with Him...how can we not be passionate for Him?
p/s: Thank you my dear friend... a mirror for my soul, a stabiliser in times of storm...you have spurred me on in Christ!!
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