Comfort and Complacency -- January 4, 2013

So have you made a mistake by writing "2012" instead of "2013" yet?  I'm on the scoreboard with one so far.

Why is it so hard to "turn the page" to something new?  I think we get comfortable with the way things are and don't want our comfort to be interrupted. 

It's like when you are kicked back relaxing in your La-Z-Boy and suddenly realize the remote control is over on the couch.  You're comfortable; you don't want to have to get up.  Besides, the TV show is one of your favorites.  Until the next show comes on.  You really want to change the channel.  But you've got your recliner at the perfect angle.  What do you do?

You thank God that you have kids.  Here's where they come in handy.  You have one of them fetch the remote control.  Crisis averted.  Life is good again.

Comfort can turn into complacency.  And that's where your usually high standards can begin to slip.

Sometimes it feels like you are the only person this happens to.  Until you pick up your Bible and start reading the stories.

Our lesson this week is the whole Old Testament in a nutshell.  Here the steps of the comfort and complacency cycle are repeated over and over and over and over (you get the point):

1.  A generous and faithful God gives His people a land.
2.  A rebellious people reject God's rule.
3.  A gracious God promises to restore His people from the nations.

The scripture passages are Joshua 1:1-9, Judges 2:11-19, and Ruth 4:14-17.  Kinda neat we'll look at a something from Joshua, then Judges, then Ruth since they are back to back to back in the Bible.

So join us at 9:50 a.m. Sunday morning as we look at the cycle.

Finish Friday strong.  Enjoy Saturday with your family.  See you Sunday!

Loyally yours,

Darren Bayne

"You cannot take the mild approach to the weeds in your mental garden. You have got to hate weeds enough to kill them. Weeds are not something you handle; weeds are something you devastate.”  Jim Rohn