Thermomstat or Thermometer? Which are you?!?!?

Thermomstat or Thermometer? Which are you?!?!?

Good morning all.  God is good all the time, all the time God is good.  TOO BLESSED TO BE STRESSED!!
    I heard this yesterday and it made me think seriously and deeply.  In your Christian walk are you a thermometer or a thermostat?    Think about this for a moment.
    I thermometer measures its environment, tells you if it is hot, cold, or lukewarm.  Whereas a thermostat sets the climate or controls the environment, making it either hot, cold, or lukewarm.
    So, if I were to ask you which one you are-----what could you honestly tell me?   A thermometer is going to go with whatever the environment dictates.  Hot, it reads hot; cold, it reads cold; lukewarm, it reads lukewarm!
    So, if you are around a group of people telling dirty stories, cursing, do you join in?  Do you avoid? Do you leave?   Hmmm!  Peter said he would never deny Jesus, yet he did 3 times before the cock crowed.  Is this you?
   OR, are you the thermostat and set the temperature?  Do you speak as a Christian - with patience, slow to anger, putting away childish things such as cursing, throwing a fit, yelling out, etc.?  Where do you sit in your Christian life?
   Things get hard, but we need to 'put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.  Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darta of the wicked (evil one).'  Ephesians 6:10-16
   If you stand as a thermostat we shall endure the temptation, and it will be YOU, ME, that sets the temperature around us.  Do not be a thermostat that is weak and wobbles, changing the temperature as the wind moves.  James 1:12-18  vs 12 "Blessed is the man that endureth temptation; for when he is tried (hath been approved), he shall receive the cn of life, which the Lord hat promised to them that love him."
    Do you have on your armour of God?  Do you stand strong (with God) in the face of temptation?  The final question----ARE YOU A  THERMOSTAT or a THERMOMETER??  You have the choice, God gave you choice, now, just make it the right one!!  Love you all!!!
   In Christ's Love and Grace
      Johnny