Oh to be Hot or Cold

" I know your works, that you are neither cold nor hot. I could wish you were cold or hot. So then because you are lukewarm, and neither cold not hot I will vomit you out of my mouth.

Revelations 3:15-16

These words have taken on a deeper more personal meaning to me, recently. I was standing in a gloriously hot shower after not having hot water for 2 days, I was praising the Lord for His blessing, which are new everyday. When it hit me , the beauty of hot or cold water.

When I am cold and or dirty,only a hot shower will do. A cleansing, warming, renewing hot shower. Hot tea, hot coffee, hot chocolate, there is a theme here , HOT!

On the flipside is the beauty of cold. On a hot summer day, a clear cool drink of water is what refreshesses. A dip in a cool pool of water is WONDERFUL. Iced Tea or a glass of ice cold lemonaide.

The Lord teaches me so many of the lessons He wants me to learn with illistrations. I just learn better that way. He tells me to Cold or Hot and then He lovingly shows me the beauty and glory of what he means in terms my feeble mind can understand. He shows me that not only does He want me Cold or Hot ans His word says, but He wants me to what He wants, WHEN He wants. Once again I am to trust Him to show me His will and to Obey.

Trust and Obey.

This sounds so simple, yet somehow it seems to be something I struggle with constantly. Do I trust Him? The answer is found in the question, Do I obey Him?

Lukewarm is neither refreshing of renewing. Many times I have dumped out lukewarm drinks. No one wants a lukewarm drink. The Lord says that if I am lukewarm, He will vomit me out of His mouth.

So today I pray to be Cold or Hot in His perfect time, and to follow the One Who loves me and chose me . I so desire to be His handmaiden and to follow my Lord and Master, wherever He may lead.