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i’ve been thinking about comfort quite a bit lately. i live a very very comfortable life and i think that allows my relationship with God to sometimes take a backseat.

here’s the test: when’s the last time you said “i cannot live without _____”. what is it for you? a grande caramel frapp from starbucks (no whip)? your iphone? a super comfortable bed? chipotle? more often than not, it’s going to be something that you actually could live without, which i’m sure we’re all aware of. i mean how many times do you say “i cannot live without SHELTER” or “man, it’s a good thing I have FOOD because otherwise i wouldn’t be alive”. we all have things we “need” in life to be happy, but in reality most of these things we don’t actually need at all. and this isn’t a rant on materialism, because i think God can bless us with an abundant life (not by our deserving of course), but it’s how we react to what we have and realizing how these things place in our hierarchy of what makes us comfortable and content.

let me give you an example. i am a suburbs kid who doesn’t really enjoy the outdoors all that much. basically, i’d take a night in over a night out any day of the week. i’ve never gone “real camping” in my life (aka no toilets, lots of bears, etc). so i’ve come to really value showers in my life. every morning i absolutely have to start it off with a shower or my day is in ruins. i can’t remember the last day that i didn’t take a shower (probably years and years ago). okay now contrast this with my relationship with God. my relationship with God fluctuates like it’s no ones business sometimes. i can definitely remember tons of days where i didn’t get in the word or connect with God in any way. now, think about how crazy that is. i see this thing of taking a shower (which obviously is a great thing to do) as one of the most important things in my day, but then THE most important thing of all i tend to miss out on some days.

it’s not a bad thing to be comfortable, but the point is that we tend to rely on the summation of all of these other things to keep up comfortable when really, the thing we need to be relying on most is God. what if instead of people saying i need this or that worldly thing to get through my day, we we’re saying “the only thing i really need to get through my day is my God”. i’d humbly like to suggest that your comfort and satisfaction in life would be ten times than what would be without Him.