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Devotional - 25th Aug 2021

 'As many as I love, I rebuked and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent' ( Revelation 3:19).

Laodicea is the last of seven churches in in Asia minor. The members of this church were spiritually lethargic. The Bible said, they saw themselves as rich and increased with goods and of need for nothing. They failed to see their spiritual condition of lukewarmness. The Laodiceans were neither cold or hot in relation to God, they were just lukewarm. Have you ever drink water that is lukewarm? It is nauseating! And that was how Jesus saw them and promised to spit them out of his mouth. However, Jesus implored them to mend their ways and repent. He saw them as wretched, pitiable, poor, blind and naked. But regardless of our condition, Jesus still loves us but will rebuke and discipline his children. Jesus sees our lukewarm attitudes as sickening and give us time to repent. God will use hard trial and even physical afflictions to discipline us when we are  erring. God will discipline us for our good, and sometimes the discipline can be very painful, but of course, it does not go on forever. Sometimes it may seem as God has abandoned us due to the level of discipline, but His purpose is to bring us into a closer relationship with him, and make us better people. In this era of the church, it boast its  wealth and education, amongst other things, and they feel they are in need of nothing, but is only deceiving themselves and is once again urged to turn to God and away from their spiritual lukewarmness. Jesus is saying to us as believers, that as many as he loves, he rebukes and chasten, we must be zealous and repent. Let us seek to look away from the things we highly esteemed in the world and look to Christ. He knows the plans God has for us all which are for our good and not our evil. Let us purpose in our hearts to change our values, forms, self-sufficient attitudes, lukewarm faith and  totally depend upon God.

Have a wonderful day

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