The "Laodicean spirit" runs freely through the Church today and has slowly lulled many to sleep. Thus they are not prepared. Our God has called us to "watch at His gate," and to "discern the times (Luke 12:56)." This permeating spirit masks itself cleverly and convinces many that they are "rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing," when instead they are "wretched and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked" (Revelation 3:17).
Some churches today have replaced the "Anointed Word of the Lord" with motivational speeches. They have replaced godly elders with management teams and replaced God-appointed pastors with hired Sunday-pulpit showmen. They have become more "crowd-sensitive" than "Spirit-sensitive" by relying on man's wisdom rather than divine wisdom revealed.
RELIGIOUS STRUCTURE THAT DENIES THE POWER
Being Spirit-led has given way to a controlling religious structure that "denies the power.“ Imagine taking someone's letters that are filled with faith and power and twisting them and degrading them down to a level where they become nothing but dead letters. Bereft of God's transformative power, it substitutes only a shallow form of religion, dispensing a creature-developed mindset.
They sing songs about the Lord instead of becoming themselves "a new song." There is no spontaneous prophetic flow, no move of God. They have substituted the tickling of the ears – misleading information and inadequate, inappropriate encouragement – for the true, divine, deeper revelation. The emphasis is on intellectualism (the rationale of reasoning).
LAODICEAN CHRISTIAN, AWAKE!
Let your heart be stirred. Today is the hour of your visitation. Don't be enamored of the seemingly religious Fool's Gold that passes for spiritual nourishment. The risk of being left standing outside the wedding chamber with no oil in your lamp (Matthew 25:3) is too great!
"And they sang a new song, saying: 'You...have made us kings and priests to our God; and we shall reign on the earth.'" (Revelation 5:9-10)
AFFIRMATIONS:
Lord, I want to be that mature Bride!
I want to be prepared for that special day when we meet at the great marriage supper of the Lamb.
I refuse to be lukewarm!
May my heart never drift toward the things of the world; may it ever burn with passion for You!
