As I try to monitor my spiritual condition daily, I have discovered an unhealthy pattern. I seem to be hovering some where between broken and lukewarm. Instead of staying red hot, consistently being stoked by the Holy Spirit, I have allowed myself to waver away from the Lord as I am drawn back toward the things of the world.
The cliche “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” does not apply to spiritual matters, If the tread on your spiritual tires are wearing thin, you must be proactive or else you might end up having a blow out or simply spin out of control. It only takes one wrong turn to get lost. Once lost. its extremely difficult to get back on track, stay motivated and develop the same spiritual discipline you had before. Being broken can be your state of mind or due to spiritual warfare, Ephesians 6:10-12. King Solomon makes a great point when he said two are better than one for if one man falls, the other can pick them up, but pity the man who has no one to help them up, Ecclesiastes 4:9-10.
Last year, 6 million Americans participated in Fantasy Football, spending countless hours each week proposing trades, watching the waiver wire and thinking about next week’s starting line up. As millions find it easy to worship foot baal 7 days a week, these same people struggle to wake up in time for church, let alone worship God for a single hour each Sunday. Like a frog which boils slowly in water with rising temperatures, many people can’t jump out because they are spiritually cooked. As people get cooked by apathy, complacency and moral decay, Christian brothers and sisters need to help another. We need to be strong for the broken, compassionate to the lukewarm and prayerful for the countless souls caught up in a web of sin. Rise up church, like a cord of three strands, Ecclesiastes 4:12 to rescue saints from sin, James 5:19-20.
by Jay Mankus
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