Do you find yourself in the game, or sitting on the bench? What I know for sure is that everyone on the bench wishes they were in the game. However, to get in the game requires more than a desire. Spiritually speaking, I have encouraged several lukewarm Christians to “get off the bench” by ceasing forsaking the assembly.

A few years ago, I visited a man who will be buried next week. At one stage he had been a faithful member at Summit. When attempting to reignite his faithfulness, he flat out told me that he preferred catching fish on Sundays.

Friend, are you in the game or sitting on the bench? More importantly, do you honestly want to meet God in your current state? If the answer is no, then take a warning from a departed soul:

Luke 16:27–28 (ESV) And he said, ‘Then I beg you, father, to send him to my father’s house — for I have five brothers — so that he may warn them, lest they also come into this place of torment.’