Complacency

Complacency.  What are the words that comes to mind when that word is uttered?  Is it being comfortable? Or maybe its being predictable.

Brother and Sisters, complacency is one of the worst things that can happen to us as Christians.  We should never feel comfortable.  Something should always be bothering us.  There's a world going to Hell in a handbasket and we are the only ones that can stop it.  And what are we doing, just talking about it.  What am I doing? Just talking about it.

Here me out, I'm not trying to be an "Evangelical" but I think we are all called to be evangelicals in some sense.  It's our job, our duty, as followers of Christ to allow God's love and grace to permeate through our lives.    Ooh grace.  Grace is such an amazing thing because unlike any other thing, it has a rider: undeserved.  We did nothing to earn God's s grace, the Lord gave it to us.  He gave it to us by doing the one thing that I'm almost positively sure no man or woman in their right mind would every willing do: he gave his ONLY begotten son to die.  Not just any death, but death on the cross.

And what do we do?  Get comfortable in our situations, our lifestyles and get into a cycle.  Cycles are very dangerous because its in our comfort zones that the enemy loves to hide...and lurk.  It's those times were we are on cloud nine, when all of a sudden something ridiculous happens and it knocks us off our pedestal.  And if you don't believe me ask around.  I know that there are some witnesses out there!

We are at a constant war.  Unfortunately this war is never going to end until the Son comes back and creates a new heaven and earth.  With that being said, the last thing we need to do is get comfortable.  Literally our hearts should ache everyday if we really want a heart like God.

I don't mean to be a debbie downer, but I was just listening to Matthew West's The Motions (if you've never heard it just youtube it, it's worth your time!) and I felt bad...like reallly reallly bad.  What would happen to the world if we didn't just go through the motions of being a Christian and actually lived it out? I mean, what really is a Christian?  What does it look like? (That's for another day!)  What would happen if we gave EVERYTHING. My..my...my...it would be an amazing thing.

I am going to be the first to admit that it's hard.  It's hard living, and even more, the pressure of being a Christian is ridiculous!  But somebody has to do it...why not you...why not me.  Whatever to the gung-ho Christian...the Christian that, when asked the question: "Whom shall I send?  Who will go for us." He or she replies: "Here I am. Send me!" (Isaiah 6:8)

That's something we all need to work on.  I challenge myself to break beyond the barriers of complacency.  I don't want to give the devil ANY place to rest in my soul, in my heart.  Cuz I know what can and will happen if that takes place.  Complacency. It just sounds sooo calm and good. But is it really good??