Never be lacking in zeal, but always keep your spiritual fervor, serving the Lord. This is Romans 12:11.
I used to think that I had spiritual fervor, but in reality I had none. It’s not that I was attempting to fool anyone about my spiritual fervor: the only person I was fooling was MYSELF. I genuinely thought I had spiritual fervor.
The deal was that I wasn’t passionate for “the world” nor was I passionate for God. God would rather that I have no relationship with Him at all than for me to just be wishy washy like I was. Wishy washy makes God want to vomit, and it certainly won’t get me to heaven. I had the attitude that because I served God so much and since I’ve personally led hundreds through a sinner’s prayer, (and so on and so on), then I don’t need anything else — but I didn’t realize that I was wretched, pitiful, poor, blind and naked. I needed to CONTINUOUSLY RENEW my relationship with God — because when I’m truly plugged into The Power Source, I become rich, clothed, and my eyes become open. (Revelation 3:15-18, Adam Diehl Version).
Most of the people reading this right now probably fit into this category. You can’t talk about maintaining spiritual fervor because there is none to maintain . . . you think there is, but there’s not. Most of the people reading this right now just thought to themselves, “Oh, well that’s not me that’s someone else.” And that’s exactly what I’m talking about.
I plead with you – read Revelation 3:14-22. Then read it again, asking God to show you how and if you fit into the description of this Church.
Since I wrote this post, I thought I should clarify that when I mention “most people reading this,” the generalization is based solely on a generalization of most people in the United States, especially those in the Midwest region (which is most of my readers). I am not making any assumption on those who frequently COMMENT on my blog, nor is it target at anyone specifically.
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