Laodicea: The Wretched Rich
Revelation 3:14-22 “We are the Church, young and cool, Too hip to sign up for God’s total rule. We’ve got cash, and we can do suave. We flirt with Truth, but have no resolve.” “We are the Church,” others may boast, “We have all we need, for wealth matters most. With a nod of assent to God, we go on - Secure in our folly, old and settled and wrong.” “You are My Church!” the Amen cries, “But lukewarm devotion has blinded your eyes To your wretched condition of misery. I stand on the outside of such piety.” Oh, may it never, never be That anything’s enthroned but Thee! The gift of communion from Your heart to mine Makes trinkets of treasures I’d otherwise find. * * * We’ve reached the end of Christ’s seven letters, But in our own time, we’d do well to remember The Church’s condition is defined by its members. Let our hearts leap in faith as His eyes search our souls, With a yearning to know Him still the leader of goals, The love that He gave the pulse of our hearts, And