…you are not anyone’s flavor of the month because you have to confront everyone.
So, because you are lukewarm, I will vomit you out.
From Revelation 3
Sometimes, there are occasions when we have to take care of others, and other times, there are occasions when we have to impose responsibilities on others in order force or provoke growth in them.
I appear to finish this sabbatical in the same place where I began it: being a goad in the lives of those who need to mature.
I have seen a lot of good come from showing silence or gentleness to community, especially when community grows indifferent or unreceptive. However, there are times we need to shake or stir or provoke community so that it does not entropate.
The verb form of “entropy”, coined by yours truly.
There was a reason the only people vomited from our L-rd’s mouth were those who refused to decide between two useful states and attempted to mix the two into a state of apathy.
Lukewarmth defeats the twin purposes of hot and cold and leads to a destroyed twisting, much like the bile-laden and undigested garbage that is rejected by the king.
Gang, I would like to issue a challenge.
Cold is useful. As is hot. The text of Revelation and the rest of the canon never rejects the idea of “cold”, and, indeed, if we read the context, we will appreciate that reality.
But if you find yourself in a doldrumous place of apathy or refusal to fight or stir up what is needed to stir up, I would urge you to consider asking the King to shake you up in some fashion.
He might just surprise you.
Be blessed to receive His stirring of your spirit.