“The law and the prophets were until John: since that time the kingdom of God is preached, and every man PRESSETH INTO it” (Luke 16:16; KJV). “And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force” (Matt. 11:12).  

So, who are the “violent men”? We are. These verses speak of an urgency and a passion in following after God and I believe this urgency is birthed in prayer. The apostle Paul also talked about pressing in. In Philippians 3:12-14, he told us that he was pressing in to win the prize and he then encouraged us to do the same thing. People who are seriously training for any kind of athletic event will give it all they've got to win the prize and that is how we need to be about pressing in to God.

We need to be aware of the warnings Jesus gave to the lukewarm church at Laodicea in the book of Revelations: “I know thy works, that they are neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot. So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth”.

If we are going to make an impact on our society, our Christianity cannot be halfhearted.