It is so easy for us and our human nature to cling to comfort. We do it every day. When things are not certain, when our circumstances aren't the way we want them to be, when life seems to be scattered or out of control, as humans we have this absolute need to be in control. To feel secure, to have positive feedback, to be accepted and to be comfortable.

And when we're not comfortable what do we do? We freak out! For some reason when our circumstances are not comfortable, we will do anything and everything to regain that comfort. If you can't find examples of this, look in the media, look around at the groups of people around you. People dedicate their lives and all of their time trying to be comfortable, trying to make a bunch of money, having more than enough food, having the biggest houses, the best cars, the nicest clothes, the hottest wife, the most sex, the strongest alcohol, the greatest success, the most fame. Making sure at all times that they are liked and accepted and getting attention from all those around them.

One thing i've learned over the years is just how empty that life is. And the kicker is that once you get a taste of that life, this selfish, comfortable life, you won't ever be completely content by any of it. And because of that it continuously draws you back, keeping you coming back for more and more, wanting more, running after more, seeking more until find yourself lost in a fallen world where everyone's eyes are so focused on the things that are comfortable that they're not going to be there for the times when you're not.

I noticed myself recently starting to get back into a habit of being comfortable. And don't let anyone fool you, I go to a Christian University where people openly confess their faith in Jesus and daily talk about how much they love Him and serve Him, and yet, their actions still don't line up with loving and serving God, they line up with serving themselves, with being comfortable. Now there is absolutely no judgement here, i'd be lying and an absolute hypocrite if I told you that recently I hadn't been living the exact same way. Truth is that I bought into the same lie that many college students do where you can live for God and still have the "college experience." The lie that basically it doesn't matter how many sins you commit or what things you do wrong  or do on the weekend or while no one else is watching, as long you act holy and go to church and live a good life in the daytime. But let me ask you a question,

Did Jesus live comfortably?

Take a second and think about that. When Jesus came to this earth did he live a comfortable life? Oh, absolutely not! He was tested and tried. He was hated, He was lied about, He was beaten and whipped and hung on a cross to die, do you think that was comfortable for Him? I can tell you it wasn't. He could've easily given up. He could've said, "Ah, this is too hard. It's not worth it, i'm just gonna go back up to Heaven and not save these people." But He didn't because he is God and he is mighty and powerful and He came to this earth to free us from our sins and to give us an example of the life that we've been called to live. One that doesn't delight in evil, but celebrates righteousness. Not one that runs after this world and our fleshly desires but one that strives to serve and seeks obedience. Not one that looks to gain the treasures of this world but to gain the treasures of Heaven. Not one that looks to gain the fame and acceptance of this world, but to be filled and delight in the love and the power of Jesus Christ.

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Living for Jesus means living uncomfortably. Now, I don't mean that in the sense that living for Jesus is miserable and that you'll never have any type of security or foundation, in fact, I mean the quite opposite! Living for Jesus means living differently. It means that your actions and the way that you choose to live are not going to be understood by the rest of the world, in fact, many times this life is uncomfortable. Many times, people are not going to understand the decisions you make. Why you don't go out and drink on the weekends. Why you don't make fun of the underdog. Why you choose to wait to have sex until marriage. Why you don't care to stress over all of the things in your life because you know you are held and taken care of by the one and only ruler of the Earth who already has everything in your life taken care of and planned out for you!

LET'S GET UNCOMFORTABLE

Let's choose to be better, to be bolder. Let's choose not to be lukewarm Christians. Revelation 3:15-16 says that,

I know your works: you are neither cold nor hot. So, because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will spit you out of my mouth.

Being a lukewarm Christian is not something celebrated by the Lord, it's something despised. Choosing to live for the Lord only part of the time or only to the point that we're still comfortable is not what we've been called to be, we've been called to be something much greater than that, we've been called to be a light! We've been called to be different, to be the examples of obedience and to spread the news of the glory that God has bestowed upon us.  Living uncomfortably means being radical, it means being bold. It means seeking righteousness and obedience to God. It means serving the Lord, loving the Lord, thanking Him and obeying Him even when he's not giving you what you want the way that you want it.

More importantly though...

Living uncomfortably means finding our comfort in Jesus.

The one that always provides, always loves, always cherishes, always protects, always conquers, always saves, always redeems, always forgives, always fully and overwhelmingly completes. Finding our comfort in Jesus means finding freedom. Freedom from our fears. Freedom from our problems. Freedom from our depression. Freedom from our sickness. Freedom from anything and every chain that weighs us down and holds us back from a completely incredible, joyful, and powerful life that we have in Jesus Christ.

All it takes is one choice. What kind of Christian do we want to be?