July 2, 2015
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A life in Christ necessitates leaving your comfort zone when we desire not to. God calls us to live extravagantly in accordance with His will. Our flesh, being of the world, desires to do the opposite while our spirit with God's Holy Spirit within pushes us to contradict otherwise. That is why it's a difficult battle each time God tells us to do something for Him, or when we know we should change our behaviour in order to be more Christlike. That's just the perpetual battle we have with sin. If the Christian lifestyle were meant to be a forever comfortable lifestyle, then God would lie to us to meet our desires. On the contrary, the Christian lifestyle is meant to be uncomfortable, for God reveals to us the truth to meet our needs. And because the Truth — Jesus Christ — testifies against our evil works (John 7:7), we become offended and uncomfortable. Your desires may not always be what you need. As C.S. Lewis said, "I didn't go to religion to make me happy. I always knew a bottle of Port would do that. If you want a religion to make you feel really comfortable, I certainly don't recommend Christianity." Christianity is not about living the best comfortable lifestyle you possibly can; it is about Jesus paying the price to free us from our bondage of sin not by any act of our own, but by His sheer grace. We are not free of any particular sin when we choose to be unrepentant and thus keep it as part of our lifestyle.
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