Here are a couple of question to ponder from Ole Hallesby:
Do I really desire to be set free from the lukewarmness of my heart and worldly life?
Is not my Christian life always lukewarm and half-hearted for the simple reason that deep down in my heart I desire it to be that way?
If you find this to be true of your heart, as I sometimes do, you may find John Piper’s book, When I Don’t Desire God, to be beneficial. It is available free from Desiring God Ministries: here
Listen and I will tell you what God is like:
He makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust. (Matthew 5.45)
Christ spent his last strength and his last moments in prayer for his enemies: “Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.” (Luke 23.34)
When Jesus returned to Jerusalem for the last time and had no further means of saving the ungodly and rebellious city, he stood on the Mount of Olives and wept for the city. His prophetic eye saw the terrible doom which would befall the city and from which there was no escape. (Matthew 23.37-39)
Such is God.
– From Ole Hallesby, Prayer
GRACE & PEACE 