The plague of our world and churches is a Laodicean
mentality. The dictionary defines Laodicean as being lukewarm or halfhearted,
especially with respect to religion or politics. This week a man made a public
statement of his biblical understanding of what marriage constitutes. This
resulted in extreme reactions from those that agreed with him and those that
did not. What about the rest of us? As a Christian I have a moral code by which
I live my life but how often do I suppress my beliefs for “easy runnings”.
I read, in my
evening devotion, this passage: “Even more than God abhors infidelity, He abhors
indifference in religious matters, because religious pretensions without
genuine religion is a continual stumbling block to sinners.” (EGW, letter 122,
1901) Recently I have become increasingly aware of my attitude of indifference
in every aspect of life. In light of this new wave of thought reading this
passage hit me like a ton of bricks. How can I expect God to defend and protect
me when in simple situations I won’t speak up for Him? (Matthew 10:33)
It is time that our
generation stop living our lives as cowards ashamed to say and live what we
believe for fear of “political correctness”, or popular culture. Jesus said:
“Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will I confess also
before my Father which is in heaven.” (Matthew 10:32)
Stay Blessed
A Little Leaven
