"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.
Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked:
I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see.
As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent."
Revelation 3:15-19
This passage points out differences in how we percieve things and how the Lord sees things. The temperature part seems to be about commitment and action. Like the parable of the talents, we should be actively working to multiply what the Lord has given us... to increase and to become better, rather than burying our tiny treasure in the dirt trying to protect it. God's gifts and treasures are to be shared, given, multiplied with the giving, so that we all have more.
Which leads into the next part where we don't realize what we don't have. Even when we have an abundance of earthly things, we often are sorely lacking spiritual things, and should never consider that we're done or that we are not in need. We always, desperately, need the Lord, and have more to learn than we could fit into a lifetime.
Today, let's be active, committing to the Lord and sharing his gifts to us with whoever we can... and let's also be careful to avoid becoming complacent or prideful and thinking that we know it all. Let's stay humble, seek constant advice from the Lord, and keep improving.
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