Most of the time, my blogging is done on my laptop while sitting in my bed (including right now). I get so comfortable and relaxed. You know that feeling when you get real relaxed? Like if you sit in a nice chair or lay down in bed — you just get really comfortable and you don’t want to do anything except selfish things like switch the channel or drink a Mountain Dew.
But that got me thinking, is it a very priority of God for us to be “comfortable?” No, I don’t think so. At least not in our relationship with him. I think God wants us to actually be UN-comfortable. Check this out: Since Jesus went through everything you’re going through and more, learn to think like him. Think of your sufferings as a weaning from that old sinful habit of always expecting to get your own way. Then you’ll be able to live out your days free to pursue what God wants instead of being tyrannized by what you want. (1 Peter 4:1-2 MSG).
Here’s how I see it. God doesn’t want us to be comfortable. Face it, sin is a pretty comfortable thing; it’s EASY to sin. God wants us to be UN-comfortable! We are to be ready to suffer, even physically, for God. Most of us Americans will never be beaten for simply being a Christian — but our Christ-like suffering should persist all the more. We should be very UN-comfortable every single day as we suffer by saying no to our sinful desires.
Through all of the suffering Jesus endured, He was not comfortable. However, I see Him as being beautifully content in the will of God. I think that because of our culture, and because of how spoiled we are in general, we are so uncapable of knowing what it is to have to remain content…in almost any situation, something can be manipulated by us in order to make us comfortable. But finding contentment in the will of God, despite our comfort and pleasure, is what brings Him glory-only THEN can He truly use every part of our being.
Humbling blog, Adam.
I really like your thinking! The way you think causes me to think, which I try not to do on a regular basis, but I have a feeling you’ll make me do that.
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