I officiated yesterday at the funeral of a man. Afterwards, a man approached me in the parking lot and began talking about faith. This man said, “My problem is, I’m neither hot nor cold. I was raised in the same church, never got converted from anything; I’m just neither hot nor cold.”

As I was reflecting on this last night at our leadership prayer time, I sensed the Lord say to me, “Isn’t that a picture of My church today? Neither hot nor cold.” It kind of shocked me at first, but I think I heard correctly. Who do you know that’s “hot” for Christ? We once were. What happened?

I think its easy to sit back and let the pastor be “hot” for us. Let someone else get passionate about God and do the work of ministry. I believe this lukewarmed-ness is a symptom of spiritual complacency within ourselves, and I am praying God wakes us up, stirs us, and makes us hot again for Him.