2d • General discussion
A Warning
Comfort kills. It kills calling, it kills passion, it kills connection, and it kills transformation. Comfort comes like carbon monoxide, you can't smell it, hear it or see it, it will creep in and you won't even know it is there, then it will put you to sleep. That is not to say to does not look like anything however, as it comes in the form of little idols. It may be your house, your job, your hobbies, it can even be your relationships. Comfort is anything that sets itself between you and the Kingdom of God. Even more dangerous it will do its best to find itself between you and your ability to hear Holy Spirit and commune with Jesus.
When we pursue comfort apart from the Comforter (Jesus) we step into a world that is hostile to our spirit and longs for our soul. In 1 Peter we recieve a call to be set apart to be Holy, to no longer be conformed to the way the world lives but to rest our hope fully on Him. It is not a suggestion, it is a command.
I Peter 1:13-16 NKJV
Therefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and rest your hope fully upon the grace that is to be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ; as obedient children, not conforming yourselves to the former lusts, as in your ignorance; but as He who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct, because it is written, “Be holy, for I am holy.”
To be holy is to be set apart, to be a sacrifice on the altar of God, it is living in the world without living like the world. Earlier this week we looked at Romans 12 where we are instructed:
Romans 12:2 NKJV
And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.
You see the world will constantly tell you that you deserve to be comfortable and that comfort is good, but we know that our comfort comes from above.
II Corinthians 1:3-4 NKJV
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort those who are in any trouble, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.
Psalms 119:76 NKJV
Let, I pray, Your merciful kindness be for my comfort, According to Your word to Your servant.
Today I want to warn you not about righteous comfort but false comfort, that is comfort pursued instead of comfort recieved. I hope to challenge you today. Take some time in prayer and ask Holy Spirit to highlight the things in your life that have become idols of comfort, what things you are called to leave behind.
Be Blessed
-Caleb
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