Lukewarm #17

We just finished Revival Services last night! It was an awesome week. I was thinking this morning how great it was to worship the Living God with brothers and sisters in Christ four nights in a row and guess what? It didn't hurt one bit to miss all those T.V. shows...lol!!! Maybe we should have Revival everynight now that I think about it we would be much more in tune with God!

Now for today's devotion.

LUKEWARM PEOPLE do not live by faith; their lives are structured so they never have to. They don't have to trust God if something unexpected happens---they have their savings account. They don't need God to help them---they have their retirement plan in place. They don't genuinely seek out what life God would have them live---they have life figured and mapped out. They don't depend on God on a daily basis--- their refrigerators are full and, for the most part, they are in good health. The truth is, their lives wouldn't look much different if they suddenly stopped believing in God.

"And He told them this parable: The ground of a certain rich man produced a good crop. He thought to himself, 'What shall I do? I have no place to store my crops.' Then he said, 'This is what I will do. I will tear down my barns and build bigger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods. And I will say to myself, 'You have plenty of good things laid up for many years. Take life easy; eat, drink, and be merry.' But God said to him, 'You fool! This very night your life will be demanded from you. Then who will get what you have prepared for yourself?' This is how it will be with anyone who stores up things for himself but is not rich toward God." Luke 12:16-21

Now let me be clear before I make my comments. A man should prepare for the future and it is taught in scripture. If you need some examples let me know and I will give some to you.

Now with the corruption and greed taking place in our headlines right now...AIG, Mandof, the banking bailout, ect. How much more appropriate can this topic be??? The last question in the lukewarm paragraph is worth asking again....would your life be any different if you stopped believing in God?? Wow you talk about a slap upside the head this morning. We are so caught up in preparing for our future right here on earth that we very seldom think about our future in heaven and that is what the Bible tells us we should be doing...storing up treasures in heaven!!! The example that comes to mind this morning to me is missionaries. They give up the extravagant lives we live here in the U.S and go to countries where there is very little....many times not even electricity or running water and serve God with their lives. Now you tell me who is better off? Us or them??? I have never met a missionary who regretted serving God with their lives. They are not worried about their 401K or when they can retire...you know why???? God doesn't have a retirement plan....or well maybe he does it is called heaven and we are not suppose to stop until we get there!!!

I am praying you will stop and chew on this awhile today....I could say much more on this but I need to do some praying on this myself this morning....please God help us stop worrying about our treasures on earth and start storing treasures in heaven where nothing can take it away!!!

God bless....Tom