• Sent Conference
  • Passing the gavel.
  • Clay Caughern Licensed to Preach
  • KBA Camp
  • KBA Camp
  • KBA Camp
  • Big Creek Valentines Brotherhood
  • Big Creek Valentines Brotherhood
  • CASC BCM Girls win State Tournament
  • In His Image Conference
  • 1 of the Disaster Relief teams in Louisiana
  • Mexico Mission Trip 2021

         

Don’t Get Too Comfortable

The older I get, the more I like to be comfortable. I have a Goliath-sized recliner at home that is my happy place. When I make it to that chair, it feels like nothing can touch me. The thing that is hard for me to comprehend is that I can’t live in that chair.

As the church, we may experience the same line of thinking when comfort and ease become the goal of our Christian lives. We work hard to simplify our schedules and avoid anything that might force us out of our spiritual recliners, but following Christ faithfully often does. Being the hands and feet of Jesus compels us to leave the safe and comfortable atmosphere of the church and go into a broken and confused world.

A dear brother reminded me the other day that we are ambassadors for Christ. We may live here, but this is not our home, and we can’t settle in and get comfortable. Hebrews 13:14-15 states, “This world is not our permanent home; we are looking forward to a home yet to come. Therefore, let us offer through Jesus a continual sacrifice of praise to God, proclaiming our allegiance to His Name” (NLT). Comfort is not bad unless it conflicts with obedience. Time is short, and opportunities to serve are all around us. Let us be diligently representing our Savior, proclaiming our allegiance to His Name and refusing to get too comfortable in a place that is not our home.

His,

Bentley Hill