Push-ups or ISS!?

As I entered the hallway today I heard two boys given an option..."Thirty push-ups or ISS?!"...I had to laugh as I saw the two boys slouch down to their hands and begin doing push-ups. Our life is often like this...full of choices that would not have been there if it weren't for our errors. 

It's funny how a lot of "Christians" today ride the fence between righteousness and sin. When they begin to topple, sway, and fall from their perch they land face first in a big pile of options. 

          OPTION 1: Choose a side

          OPTION 2: Continue in an attempt to live a life on top of a fence

When one truthfully considers OPTION 2 they would be able to come to the conclusion that this is not a very good place to be. First off you are going NO WHERE! Sitting on top of a fence will only gain a person a few splinters, pain in their backside, and a view of two options they can not obtain in their current state. What I mean is this: if you are living life as a lukewarm Christian you aren't doing anyone any good. You take two steps forward (in either direction) and then take two steps back to your uncomfortable fence post. Crazy right? Wouldn't it make more sense to pick a side? At least you would be headed in an actual direction!

So, this leads us to OPTION 1: choosing a side. Say you decide to pick the side of the world and live life apart from God...so be it! You have that option as an intelligent human being! This would be ten million times greater than pretending you still have interests on the other side of that fence. Others around you would finally know where you stand instead of wondering what the heck you were doing wobbling around on a fence everyday. People would admire you for being a person who was unafraid of living a lie; a lie that said you were somehow interested in righteous and unrighteousness activities. Is this making you sick to your stomach? Could you never imagine turning your back on God and the faith? If so, you have one side left....

You can choose to live a life for Christ. This side is also admirable, I dare to say, ten gazillion times more admirable. This side is the one that most people do not choose. This is the side most look at and then decide to continue their balancing act on the post. Why? Well I'm not quite sure...you tell me. What I do know is this. Your life will have more value when you decide which team you play for because you can't go to the Super Bowl rooting for both teams...you would just look like a nut! 

Therefore, I leave you with this. No matter which side you choose please for the love of the fence PICK A SIDE! If you don't the fence will eventually break and you will be faced with this option again. 

"I know your works, that you are neither cold nor hot. I could wish you were cold or hot. So then, because you are lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will vomit you out of My mouth."- Revelation 3:15-16

......you really don't want to be vomit, do you?