Pastor, Meadowbrook Baptist Church School has started. The families of our communities are back to their regular routines. The adventures of the summer have settled and now things seem somewhat normal.
We like routine; it’s comfortable, familiar, easy. What if our comfort was not a good thing? What if easy was not right? I am a person who likes routine, but I can get caught in a routine of doing things every day and forget about what is good. Routines can cause you miss great opportunities that come before us every day. What if routine was not normal?
This past summer, my daughter, who is 15, did something uncomfortable. Something that honestly made her Mom and Dad uncomfortable at first. She left the country without family! She had never left the country before; she has only been out of Texas a handful of times.
When she approached us with the idea of going overseas, our first response was “No!” We did not know how strong her calling was to go. She sat us down again and said, “this time I want you to listen with an open mind.” Ouch! We told her we would, and she brought out a PowerPoint presentation on why she should be allowed to go, and all the precautions that will be taken. By the end of it, we couldn’t say no. It was uncomfortable, but necessary. After all Mark 16:15 says, “And he said to them, ‘Go into all the world and proclaim the gospel to the whole creation.’” Trust me, I like to be comfortable, but I have come to realize over the years, that comfort is not what we have been called to. In fact, Christ tells us to “take up your cross and follow me.” (Matthew 16:24).
Friends, the cross is not comfortable. We were never promised comfort in our Christian walk. We are followers of Christ in a world ingrained with evil. Yet we have a calling, to go to the world.
We sit under preachers every week, maybe even several times a week, and we hear the plea of the Word of God, “Go to all the world.” We hear that and think, “That is a big calling, I can’t do that.” Yet some of us have not even stepped out of our comfort zone here in our community. Yes, talking about your faith in this town may seem uncomfortable, but isn’t it worth it?
James 1:22 says, “But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.” James is saying listen, but then do. Friends, you have heard, now go do.
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