"I know your [record of] works and what you are doing; you are neither cold nor hot. Would that you were cold or hot! So, because you are lukewarm and neither cold nor hot, I will spew you out of My mouth!" Revelation 3:15-16 (Amplified)
Wouldn't you be the same if it were you? Suppose you had a fiancee, girlfriend, boyfriend, or spouse that was just lukewarm in everything that they did. It would drive you crazy, because you'd just hope for a little passion in something, Or you would rather they not give an effort at all. God had the same issue with the church at Laodicea and the Christians that represent that church then and now.
Being lukewarm is a mental condition that tries to appease to two fields. One is the field of complacency, the other is the field of excellence. Those who live in the middle are torn between making a decision and have no idea of what it means to sell out and go for it all. But as Christians selling out and going all the way is our calling. Ask a sports athlete what happens if they don't go all out, more often than not if you hesitate you become high risk for injury.
God wants you to have passion for two reasons. 1) Because He wants all of you and nothing less, and 2) For your own benefit because living in the middle leaves you susceptible to attacks and to injury. Don't be a person that He spews out of His mouth, instead be on fire for Him for it is the purpose for which you have been made.
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