lukewarmness and risk

I know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot. I wish you were either one or the other! So, because you are lukewarm—neither hot nor cold—I am about to spit you out of my mouth. You say, 'I am rich; I have acquired wealth and do not need a thing.' But you do not realize that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind and naked.

been thinking about these verse a lot lately . . . how much i live in that state of lukewarmness. in a state of safety and comfort and mediocrity. it's sickening actually. and saddening. and flat-out ridiculous. from what i have been able to recall from scripture about how this life is to be lived, there is nothing about safety or comfort or mediocrtiy. in fact, it's quite the opposite.

seems as though "risk" has been a constant pop-up word in my reading lately. "the dangerous will of God." "a call for christian risk." matthew 16:25.

but the more i think of it, the more it makes sense. if my future - and by future i mean for all eternity - is secure, then why would i not risk everything in this life for the sake of "kingdom purposes"???

as piper wrote: "by removing eternal risk, Christ calls his people to continual temporal risk . . . It is risky to serve Christ in a war zone. You might get shot. You might not."

and for that, lukewarmness will not do.