When I was a high-schooler, one rock band, Foreigner, had a song titled "Cold as Ice!" Some of the lyrics were: "You’re as cold as ice; you’re willing to sacrifice our love."
With the winter temperatures anything but southern here in South Jersey, that song came to mind this morning. Immediately, I made a spiritual connection. Unless we keep the homefires of prayer burning in our everyday lives, our faith will grow fridged and we will forsake our first Love, Jesus.
In Revelation, Jesus said He would rather we be hot or cold towards Him, than lukewarm. In other words, keeping our hearts hot toward Him is preferred, but there’s something worse than cold-hearted to Christ. It is being lukewarm.
How is cold and lukewarm different other than in temperature. Cold means we have at least considered Christ though we have made a decision to walk away from Him. That’s bad, however lukewarm means we do not even care enough to consider Christ and make a decision about Him. It’s called apathetic.
I have heard it said that the opposite of love is not hate, but apathy. Apathy means we could care less. To care less is to be careless and yes, prayerless. Lord forbid. Lord forgive.
Stay warm, my friend. Dare I say, stay holy hot and never forsake your first love, Jesus, yes, the One who loved you first and most. And don’t sacrifice that love between you and the One called Wonderful Who sacrificed His all so you could love Him back.
Presence Matters Most!
That is... Presence. Unity. Souls. Love.
Pastor Kerry Willis
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