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Revelation 3:15-17
"'I know your works: you are neither cold nor hot. Would that you were either cold or hot! So, because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will spit you out of my mouth. For you say, I am rich, I have prospered, and I need nothing, not realizing that you are wretched, pitiable, poor, blind, and naked."

This morning when I woke up throwing up at 0500 the word of the day was pretty clear to me. The Greek word that is so nicely translated into "spit" in the above passage is more literally translated "vomit." What is it that makes God Himself vomit? Complacency. Comfortable people who don't think they need anything else. People who think that they have achieved something and so, no longer need God. Or worse they relegate Him to a quiet corner of their lives and say, "please sit quietly over here. I've got this myself. I just need you for fire insurance."
Throwing up isn't fun. I don't know anyone that enjoys it. It's the opposite of the way things are supposed to work. I don't think God wants to vomit. I don't think that was the intent. But, when something gets into you that isn't supposed to be there, when something is infecting or poisoning you, your body does its thing and gets rid of it. We need to realize that we, in and of ourselves, are nothing. We are broken and in need of healing. We cannot accomplish the great things without the help of God. Are you the good feeling of a full meal or are you the poison? Are you useful? Are you functional?