Be a thermostat

Do you know the difference between a thermometer and a thermostat? A thermometer tells us what the temperature is. A thermostat changes the temperature. Society has a temperature. In society there are two kinds of people. Thermometers, those who go along living like everyone else. They show us the temperature. The thermometer of today’s society is saying that the Bible is an old outdated book. Fiction stories. Do whatever makes you feel good. There’s no hell or punishment for sin. On and on. Are you a thermometer? Then there are thermostats. These are people who change the temperature. They live out their faith. They believe the Bible is God’s word to us. They believe it’s true. They are the true rebels. They don’t bend to society or conform to its ways. Are they perfect? No. But they have faith in God. Hebrews 11, often called the hall of faith, has a list of such people. I encourage you to read it. Look up their stories. They lived lives different from those around them and changed lives by their faith. One was a prostitute who by faith put her own life in danger and by doing it saved her whole family. One built a boat when it had never rained. One delivered God’s people by taking them through the sea on dry land. There’s more but I can’t type it all here. God mentioned theses imperfect people to show us that we too can be thermostats. We can change lives!! By faith! God isn’t looking for ability; he’s looking for availability. He doesn’t call the qualified; he qualifies the called!! We are believers in Christ. We are the called. Let’s make ourselves available!! Let’s be rebels and change the temperature of our communities and towns. It could change the whole world if we all put our faith in action like those in Hebrews 11!! Dear God, help us not to just be yours in name only. Give us an unshakable faith! Make us the thermostats of your world!!
Make a difference and be blessed today!