Lukewarm People

Me:  Where to?

Prodigal:  To the ends of the earth!  haha

Me:  I wonder what God sees to the ends of the earth.

 

This is from the book Crazy Love by Francis Chan

 

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’ll do.  I will tear down my barns and build bigger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods.  And I’ll 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 store up things for himself but is not rich toward God”  (Luke 12:16-21) also Hebrews 11.

 

Jennifer Van Allen

www.theprodigalpig.com

www.faithincounseling.org

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