Casual Christian

We can not walk through this life as a casual christian. We can not have one foot in the door of the kingdom and the rest of us living in the world. Christ is calling us to be living totally sold out to Him and to His kingdom. Christ is coming back for His bride. If we think about marriage for a moment, we would not want our husbands to be “somewhat” devoted to our relationship. We want our husbands to be totally sold out and committed to us and only to us. Christ is no different. He wants us committed to Him, not to the things of this world.

“...just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word and to present her to himself as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless.” Ephesians 5:27

“So then, because you are lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will vomit you out of My mouth.” Revelation 3:16 (New King James Version (NKJV)

Christ’s desire is that we be burning red hot for Him and Him only. He truly wants nothing less than this from us. He actually goes so far as to say that He will vomit us out of his mouth if we are not. This is kind of a gross thing to think about here, but hang with me just for a moment. It makes Christ sick to his stomach to see His beloved toying with the things of this world. Let me refer back to the marriage relationship once again for yet another comparison. When we are not totally committed to our spouse in the marriage and we toy around, it’s called adultery. So guess how Christ views our toying with the things of the world? Yes, I will say it. He views our one foot in the church and one foot in the world mentality as adultery. Why? Because we have not given ourselves totally, 100% to the Lord. We are lukewarm. No wonder He wants to vomit us up. If I were God and my beloved was messing around I would be sick to my stomach as well! He covets our undivided attentions! He longs for us to be focused on Him and Him alone. We serve a jealous God! He has no desire to share us with this world. That brings so much comfort to my spirit to knowing that my God is jealous for me. Guess what, God is jealous for you too! What a sweet and precious thought. When I think about my God in this capacity it helps me to stay focused. I do not want to give God any reason to make him sick to stomach.

Lord, I pray that you help us to stay steadfast for you and only you. Keep us from walking in the realm of the casual Christian. Help us in those times when we are enticed by the temptations of this world. Thank you for being a jealous God over us, that it actually makes you ill to see us wanting anything else but you as our beloved. Thank you that you love us so much that you have no desire to share us with this world, but you want to keep us all to yourself.