God's Kitchen

I will punish the men who are complacent, those who say in their hearts, “The Lord will not do good, nor will he do ill.” (Zephaniah 1:12)

Here is another definition of Mr. Lukewarm. He is complacent in his faith. For such a man, meaning in life is found in distracting stimulations, toys and entertainments. In contrast to these attractions, God’s Word is to be endured rather than being eagerly consumed and diligently searched. The complacent man makes worship into a ritual with little or no genuine focus on our Creator and Lover. Such a man needs to be shaken up so that he will wake up before it is too late. I've been shaken up a number of times. May God send earthquakes when they're needed.

The natural pressure of life tends to push us toward this state of complacency. A law of physics says that a system tends toward confusion (disorder) unless it is infused with information (ordered energy). As Christians, we tend to move toward lower levels of faith, enthusiasm and love unless we are daily taking in the truth of God’s Word. Jesus said that man can not live on bread alone but by every word of God. But, many of us daily demonstrate that we do not believe even this word of Jesus because we daily eat bread and meat but frequently ignore God’s Word.

We are dying, our families are dying and our churches are dying from starvation. Many in our churches no longer expect the Lord to act for good or ill. As we approach another new year, let’s end this one with a change of diet and a move toward a transformed heart. Let’s eat less candy composed of worldly entertainments and let’s increase our consumption of milk, bread and meat from God’s kitchen.

Project:

• Let’s pray for an appetite for God’s food, “Give us this day our daily bread”