I lead a pretty unremarkable life. I get up, I go to work, I come home, make dinner, hang out with my dog, do some house chores, go to bed only to wake up to do it all over again. On the weekends I sometimes meetup with friends, do more household chores, or catch up on Netflix and Hulu. 

I didn’t think much of it (other than the fact that it was pretty boring) until recently. 

That’s when I realized how mediocre my life is. 

Okay. Hear me out. I live a life that, while it may be boring, is not inherently bad. I don’t drink excessively, or do drugs, or try to date every human I meet, etcetera, etcetera. 

So you may look at my life and think that it’s a good one. And you would be partially correct. 

But then, I realized recently, as I was going through my mundane life, that I have a tendency to settle into living in a mediocre way. 

Instead of praying as my first response, I turn to friends for wisdom and comfort. Instead of sitting down to dive in to the Word, I watch TV or clean the kitchen. Instead of volunteering and serving, I hide behind my full time job. 

None of these things are inherently bad. I am just not spending time building my relationship with Christ. 

And that, my friends, is exactly what Satan wants. 

I realized that Satan desperately wants us to live mediocre, lukewarm lives. It’s his ultimate goal. 

He wants us to believe the lie that our lives our “good”, and that at least we’re not living like that person, or partaking in those activities. 

It’s brilliant, really. If we remain dull and uninspired, we don’t have the opportunity to hit rock bottom, or any lows and valleys where we might relaize that we need Jesus. We think we’re floating along just fine in our safe “not so bad” bubble of a world. 

But friends, we need Jesus just as much in our humdrum little existence. 

Recognize the lie. Rebuke a life of mediocrity. Strive to know Jesus more fully and deeply than before. 

Because that is the life we are called to. A life of abundance (John 10:10), a life of light and season (Matthew 5:13-15), a life of royalty (1 Peter 2:9). 

I know all the things you do, that you are neither hot nor cold. I wish that you were one or the other! But since you are like lukewarm water, neither hot nor cold, I will spit you out of my mouth! You say, ‘I am rich. I have everything I want. I don’t need a thing!’ And you don’t realize that you are wretched and miserable and poor and blind and naked. –Revelation‬ ‭3:15-17‬