The opposite of Love is not hate, it’s complacency!
What is complacency? It is the feeling so satisfied with your own abilities or situation that you feel you do not need to try any harder; self-content; no need to expand or grow; becoming inactive because you are satisfied with your current state.
The Beloved Disciple recorded what Jesus spoke in Revelation chapter 3:
14 “And to the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write, ‘These things says the Amen, the Faithful and True Witness, the Beginning of the creation of God:
15 “I know your works, that you are neither cold nor hot. I could wish you were cold or hot.
16 So then, because you are lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will vomit you out of My mouth.
17 Because you say, ‘I am rich, have become wealthy, and have need of nothing’-and do not know that you are wretched, miserable, poor, blind, and naked–
The church at Laodicea was filled with complacent members.
Jesus spoke in Matthew chapter 16:
24 Then Jesus said to His disciples, “If you truly want to follow Me, you should at once completely reject and disown your own life. And you must be willing to share My cross and experience it as your own, as you continually surrender to My ways. 25 For if you choose self-sacrifice and lose your lives for My glory, you will continually discover true Life. But if you choose to keep your lives for yourselves, you will forfeit what you try to keep.
If you choose to “keep your lives for yourselves”, this is a sign of complacency, and you will forfeit what you had. Jesus calls us to lead a surrendered life, not self-serving.
26 For even if you were to gain all the wealth and power of this world—at the cost of your own life—what good would that be? And what could be more valuable to you than your own soul?
27 I, the Son of Man, will one day return with My messengers and in the splendor and majesty of My Father. And then I will reward each person according to what they have done.
This is both a promise and a warning for us to heed! Throughout Scripture, we are given warnings of being selfish and disregarding the needs of others.
David wrote by The Holy Spirit in Psalm chapter 28:
3 Do not take me away with the wicked And with the workers of iniquity, Who speak peace to their neighbors, But evil is in their hearts.
4 Give them according to their deeds, And according to the wickedness of their endeavors; Give them according to the work of their hands; Render to them what they deserve.
5 Because they do not regard the Works of the LORD, Nor the operation of His Hands, He shall destroy them And not build them up.
And in Psalm chapter 62:
11 God said to me once and for all, “All the strength and power you need flows from Me!” And again I heard it clearly said,
12 “All the Love you need is found in Me!” And it’s true that you repay people for what they do.
Further, Wisdom instructs us in Proverbs chapter 24:
11 Go and rescue the perishing! Be their savior! Why would you stand back and watch them stagger to their death?
12 And why would you say, “But it’s none of my business”? The One Who knows you completely and judges your every motive is also the Keeper of souls—and not just yours! He sees through your excuses and holds you responsible for failing to help those whose lives are threatened.
We have no excuses for not living a surrendered life to Christ. Nothing is hidden from FATHER and each of us will be rewarded accordingly. There is no time like the present! Don’t be guilty of complacency.