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7 Signs Christians Might Love Comfort More than Jesus
This past weekend, while traveling home with my family, I narrowly avoided tragedy. I
was changing lanes on a busy interstate. As I eased over, I failed to see the car in my blind spot.
Then came a loud horn, followed by screeching brakes. Looking through the rear view mirror, I
saw the inches that separated a safe return home from being a statistic. Talk about sobering.
This terrifying moment reminded me of an important reality...failure to check a blind spot
can be catastrophic.
Blind spots aren’t relegated to cars. Relationships. Jobs. Organizations. Blind spots are
everywhere. Think about slavery. An enormous blind spot in American history. How could so
many great leaders support such a despicable act? But it happened. And the fallout from the era
of slavery is still felt today.
The church is not immune to blind spots either. And the greatest hole, the greatest blind
spot, in American Christianity today is the widespread pursuit of comfort.
If American Christians do not identify the blind spot, the results could be catastrophic.
Comfort pulls us away from God. It clouds the truth of the gospel. It creates tension between the
life God calls us to and the life we desire for ourselves. And ultimately, comfort prevents us from
seeing the fullness of God in this life...and maybe the next.
1) You Are A Referee Not a Player.
When comfort trumps Jesus, cynicism and judgmentalism are soon to follow.
Comfortable Christians move from a player on the field to a referee on the sidelines. Think about
it. Players are too busy to investigate holding or lining up illegally. But referees? This is their
only purpose. Referees watch every player on every play. And when someone commits a
penalty, a flag is thrown. “Foul! She did something in children’s ministry I don’t agree with.”
“Foul! I didn’t like what the preacher said today.”
Active Christians don’t have time for this nonsense. They are serving and building the
kingdom. The church should ignore referees. They don’t understand the game...they aren’t on the
team. (to be continued…)
by Frank Powell, FaithIt.com, Aug. 4, 2015 (edited for space)
