Who Cares About Apathy?
April 7th, 2008When I was in college, a friend of mine came up with one of those cute sayings that stuck with me. If someone ever said the words, “I don’t care” (the subject did not matter), he would retort with, “That’s the trouble with the world today, nobody cares.” Then he would add, “But that’s ok, I don’t care.”
Apathy is one of those subjects that is just really hard to care about, isn’t it? So many factors contribute to our loss of interest. We get tired from the daily grind. We deal with pressures today that our ancestors could never have dreamed of. It seems that on every hand there is a battle to be fought and after a while, we just wear down.
The Laodicea church developed apathy. Jesus called them “lukewarm and neither cold nor hot.” In all likelihood, he was comparing them to the two types of water in the vicinity - a hot spring which was used for medicinal purposes and a cold spring that was used for refreshment. When those two waters merged, the resulting water was useless.
One of the challenges we face today is keeping our fire for God alive. It is the challenge of keeping the world’s stresses at bay and keeping in step with God. Jesus said it is done by “opening the door” as he knocks. With Jesus is in our hearts we are alive and “on fire” with the things that matter the most.
Give yourself a test. Do you care about what Jesus has done for you? Do you care that Jesus has invited you into his mission? Do you know this is more than busy work, that it has an everlasting impact? Do you know that you matter more than the whole world to Jesus? So does your neighbor and your co-worker.
Keep The Light Burning!
Perry Greene
