BLOG ENTRY 017: Comfort Christianity
The day that I’m writing this is on Saturday and I have felt like procrastinating because of how much detail I’m going to put into this post. The enemy is really trying to take my inspiration away, because he knows that this blog entry targets the issue of today’s Christian culture.
You might be wondering, what is comfort Christianity and why is it so important?
This will be the first idea that might come to your mind:
Lukewarm.
This as we know means that we are no longer challenged or encouraged when we are in the presence of God. We are at room temperature when we choose to seek Him out. That happens when we feel convicted, if we even want to be with Him. We don’t want to be away from the posture because it’s comfortable. This is the most common because becoming lukewarm happens to everyone. Looking back, when I was in Highschool and even when I started college, I was enveloped in it. I started to blend in with my peers who said they were Christian, but looked like the world as we know it. So let’s get to the root of why we fall into becoming Lukewarm.
It starts with the world, furthermore, it starts with the enemy. His plan is to steal, kill, and destroy what brings us eternal satisfaction and joy when we are tempted with the enemy’s schemes that are found in today’s culture. Our culture prioritizes our own desires, which comes in so many ways, self-care, romanticizing our lives when it doesn’t feel like enough. It brings our own selfish desires and isolates us. This is the position the enemy loves and takes advantage of what we have built when Jesus was at the center of our lives.
PROVERBS 18:1 explains this perfectly,
Whoever isolates himself seeks his own desire; he breaks out against all sound judgement.
Throughout the Bible, it means how we think we are right in our own eyes, and because of social media, we can convince others that we are right to dwell in comfort culture. According to the internet, we have some ideas of what that means.
Comfort culture is a term that refers to the sense of comfort and pride that comes from who you are, where you’re from and how you do things.
- Bing.com
Comfort culture is the act of chasing shadows that bring a familiar sense of relief.
Lukewarmness and comfort culture come together to sync up our spirits, so they are not used to be uncomfortable or stretched by how God us to be in the first place.
The first thing to do is check your heart, where has it been directing you lately? To the world or the Word? In other words, does it blend in or stand out? This doesn’t happen in five minutes or two days, it takes time to decide that you no longer want to be content with the numbness of my heart and move outside my comfort zone. Be vulnerable with yourself in the secret place.
Know what you are consuming. Creator’s don’t realize this upcoming of putting yourself first can become an idol you don’t want to remove because you are at your most comfortable version of yourself. But how will you know what is or isn’t familiar or even comfortable to begin with if you’re stuck in your comfort zone.
One of my former youth pastors loved to use his personal story of how he didn’t stretch before working out with his gym buddy. He often used this because he would later tell us, “If your life is secure, then you’re missing God.” Salvation equals stretching.
Comfort kills.
Faith requires stretching.
Ask God what has been numbing your heart from feeling Him in your life. Ask Him what needs to be removed so the oil can stay lit and return to having a fire for God, He is our first love. It’s time to step out of your comfort zone and run back to the father to live out the life He has called you to live. We cannot settle for the ways of the world when we are called to be set apart.
I know this week’s blog entry is more of a heavier topic, but I can’t wait to talk to you guys again in the next entry!
Keep pouring,
Khalie x
