Theoretical Laodiceans

For most of my life i have assumed that the sin of the Laodiceans was purely Pride. They believe that they are better than other churches because of their money and knowledge and generally having more of everything that would seem to make the church function well. My understanding was that the miserableness of this church was rooted purely in the blindness ie pride.

Recently, (admitedly through personal experience extrapolated) I have come to believe that, that pride is mixed with a massive dose of shame. The theory is that the Laodicean church is miserable and to be pitied (not simply because of its blindness) but because it is stuck in its lukewarmness.

The church is stuck in the middle of worldliness and Godliness. The church is stuck doing good things but not obedient things.

I believe that the Laodicean church is pitiable because despite being handed everything on a silver platter, we are unable to step into our burning destinies because we are held back by cold hard cash. Despite having money, and training and influence i am unable to walk in my destiny. This causes deep shame. It causes deep shame in the same way that an elderly man wearing diapers feels shame or the way an Alzheimers patent struggles in vain to remember something that they know they should be able to. A feeling that everything that makes them worthwhile as a person is slipping away and becoming impotent.

The ones who seem to feel fulfilled in their walks seem to fall into three categories;
Those who are walking in their destinies in third world countries
Those whose destiny happens to line up with the life that they are already pursuing (making and donating money)
Those who are still fully under the illusion that they are rich and increased in goods and in need of nothing

The rest are stuck in the lukewarm middle. Some of them are under a half hearted lie they tell themselves that the life they are living is really the life God wants for them. Some of them fully admit that they are stuck but feel unable to do anything about it because of lack of funds, or revelation, or simply courage.

As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.

Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.

Dinner

A man was once sitting down to a great feast. As he was tucking his napkin into his collar his wife entered the room and said to him, "You have been away for a long time. Your children are hungry, in fact they are starving to death!"
The man, because he loved his children, called them in to himself and shared his food until they were all full.

Another man was sitting down to a great feast. As he was tucking his napkin into his collar he heard scratching at the door. He looked out through the window and saw that their were hungry dogs whimpering and begging from the smell of the food. The man was tired and hungry from his days work so he sat down and began to eat. As he finished each section of meat, he would go to the door and force the leftover bone through the mail slot and then return to his feast. He hoped that the bones would quiet the dogs, and his feelings of guilt.

The next night, there were more dogs and more noise.

Laodicea

Because you say, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and know not that you are wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked:

rich:abounding in Christian virtues and eternal possessions

increased with goods:affluent in resources so that he can give blessings of salvation to all

need of nothing: need of no one, nothing

wretched:enduring toils and troubles, afflicted, wretched

miserable: to be pitied, miserable

poor: lowly, afflicted, destitute of the Christian virtues and eternal riches, helpless, powerless to accomplish an end, poor, needy

blind:blind, mentally blind

naked:naked, open, lay bare, mere grain not the plant itself

The Sword

Could it be, that the widespread dissatisfaction that has been growing over the last six months (or is it six years) could be the sword?

Could it be the sword to divides the feel good church from the faithful church?

Could it be the mirror that shows the Laodicean church that they are wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked?