Revelation 3:15-16

"I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot.
So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth."
Revelation 3:15-16


This is interesting, and it reminds me of the good/evil theme that we have been on recently.  It seems as though (although I could be, and often am, wrong) God would rather that we took a stand and fought for it... even if it isn't exactly his... than if we try to stay in the middle and not choose.  I think of Saul/Paul and that transformation... or Alma the Younger.  Those people that were rabidly against the gospel and fought it every step of the way, and yet they were converted through miraculous means.  Could God get through to them because they allowed themselves to take a stand, to have an opinion... to risk themselves by throwing all of their efforts into a cause?  And when they found out that it was the wrong cause, they turned around immediately and started fighting for good.  I wonder if it is easier to turn someone around who already has some momentum. :)  I just thought of Amulek though, who fed Alma when he came to his city on a mission, and through talking to Alma and through God's calling, he was inspired to take a stand and preach the gospel with Alma, even though it meant losing all his possessions and being estranged from his entire family in the end... so, God can work with anyone.  We knew that.  I guess just at some point we have to get off the fence.  We can't serve God and Mammon... can't embrace both good and evil for long, without going in some direction.  God is going to keep giving us opportunities to take a stand for him, as he did for Amulek... but if we don't take advantage of those opportunities... if we fight to stay in the middle and not choose one or the other... eventually the ground is going to shift under us and we're going to fall to someplace we never wanted to be.  No-one can survive forever in a gray area. :)  So, today... let's choose sides.  Who do we want to be?  What do we want to fight for?  Take a stand.