Reflection: Sunday 28th August and for the week ahead:

Scripture:

‘ I know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot. I wish you were either one or the other. Because you are lukewarm, I am about to spit you out of my mouth!’  (Revelation 3 15-16)

Reflection:

Buddhism describes ‘ego’ as a wall that we build around ourselves of things that we are attached to - comfort, possessions, money, houses etc. The more self sufficient we are, the less we have need of God. When the ‘ego’ wall comes crumbling down, perhaps due to ill health or financial problems we find ourselves in need of help outside of our own provision. We might describe this state of being as ‘lukewarm’ - we turn to something outside ourselves only when we can’t do it for ourselves! If we treated our friends like that, we wouldn’t have their friendship for long.

Right now, you may be ‘hot’ or ‘cold’ - for or against God - and that’s OK; just don’t do yourself or God the disservice of being lukewarm. It is better to live your entire life as if God does exist, and find out in the end that He doesn’t, than the other way round!

Vicki Young