Revelation 3:15-16 New English Translation (NET Bible)

15 ‘I know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot.

I wish you were either cold or hot! 16 So because you are lukewarm,

and neither hot nor cold, I am going to vomit you out of my mouth!

 

 

 

Flesh … indifference

 

 

Unconsciously feeling became part of my life

and put before my will ... a choice in strife

To either follow intensively the pathway of emotion

or to apprehend through the spirit God’s devotion

 

If the first is my principle and my way of “living”

I will expose myself to taking and just little giving

My will then is weak and not able to stand in call

with what God wills for me and surely I will fall

 

Intuition in the spirit ... is the sensitive part of me

It is that part where the Lord Jesus truly set me free

Once dead and “forgotten” ... until He opened my eyes

as He lifted me from deadness and resurrected “my” life

 

But now my flesh shouts out through feelings and emotions

“Pay attention to me ... you owe me more devotion!”

When I pay it no attention ... it grabs my throat

and crams me into depression until my fuses overload

 

This makes me quick to anger in the halls of my frustration

Kicking in every door ... as I search in my degradation

Ignoring and offending folks ...  not wanting to share

Just labeling them quickly ... none good or no one cares”

 

Prodigal I am ... just feeding the “self-made” swine

They seem never frustrated ... only irritated once in a while

These don’t notice me...  that they communicate so well

As I take their food ... and I’m adopting their smell

 

Intuition is only active ... when emotions are quiet

For through the ruckus of feelings my spirit gets compromised

“Ears that won’t hear” with “eyes that can’t see” any time of day

In thought all things are made for me ... and it should be that way

 

A vague epistle?

Questions in observance

 

Distinction of voice has my spirit. “How does He sounds?” you ask

Well let me think about that ...  I can’t remember when I heard it last

What is that? “I go to church every Sunday ... with a bible in my hand

and you know I read it often ... and I still don’t understand?”

 

You say:

“I look so clean and well behaved ... everyone thinks I’ve got it

and now I show you it is just an act... or that I’ve forgotten?

You say my life is a routine ... of good habits I am used too

and like a ship on dry land ... just an obstacle to cling too?”

 

You say:

“I just burn without a thought ... several candles at both ends

and the things I “believe and live” ... I don’t even understand?

I want you just to be like me ... and follow my example.

I said I was bought for a price and you can’t even taste a sample?”

 

You say:

“Keep on trucking little man...  it’s a sad thing you’ve got to say

I look at every one that’s lost ... and don’t give them time a day

Coming back to the voice you’ve heard ... “where did you say it came from?”

Oh! You already forgot about that? ... You’re right it’s not important

 

Jan Wienen