Published by admin on 02 Feb 2003 at 12:35 am
THE LOVE OF MANY SHALL WAX COLD
Today I went to church and sat down, and saw a man sitting all alone. I had never seen there before. He looked like he was perhaps a poor man. No one else seemed even remotely interested in talking to him. So I went over to welcome him. He was a quiet sort of fellow. I spent some time just listening to him and had a nice conversation with him. In fact, he seemed surprised that I took the time to meet him and learn his name. Then on the way back to my seat, the Holy Spirit told me, Go look up Matthew 24:12. So I did. It says, “And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.”
Wow, was that verse ever right on. How we tend to love the lovely, but if someone doesn’t look just right, or dress just right, or smell just right, we look the other way. It’s easy to say, Let someone else love them. When Jesus used the term “wax cold”, I believe he actually had wax in mind. When wax is warm, it’s soft and pliable. But when it’s cold, it’s hard, like a brick.
And the same can be said for our heart. When love is there, the heart is soft and pliable. When love is there, you can love the unlovely. But when love is not there, the heart is cold and hard, just like a block of cold wax.
However, there is hope even for cold wax. You can poke a hole in the middle of it and stick in a wick, and light it. The resulting flame produces heat and light. Just as Jesus is light and He melts even the coldest heart, the flame and heat of the candle softens the cold wax near the flame.
Take a lesson today from the candle. Let the light and warmth of Jesus’ love melt your heart and make it soft and pliable, so it can love the unlovely. Don’t let your love “wax cold”.
Cameron on 24 Feb 2010 at 11:28 pm #
I am afraid. The people in my vacinity seem to disregard my life yet I love them more than exceedingly. I fear that my heart too has waxed over and am in need of warmth of some sort. Yea, when I attempt to get on the right foot, my enemies encompass me as bees. I love others with all my heart and all my soul, but God comes first. God promises me that i will be blessed if I am a servant and have a friend in Him. The Lord is my stronghold and whom I have peace and love always. Do not covet the world and stay true God.
Leah on 10 Nov 2012 at 9:42 am #
I was a Christian until 2005. In 2006 I began seeing Kris. We were sexually active. Over time I became selfish and lost love for my daughter. I no longer lobe my son. My heart hardened to the point that I renounced the holy spirit.
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These things don’t happen overnight. I had evil in my heart I didn’t know was there. God still holds me accountable. I was exposed to sexual immorality at practically my birth. I was born into iniquity. I find it unfair for God to hold me liable for stuff I couldn’t control. I just was what I was.
I would give anything for a pure heart now. I’m miserable. I was a Christian until ’05. Then I don’t know what happened. My heart grew cold.