I recently hurt my
back, and I would tell you exactly what is wrong with it accept I tend to zone
out when the Doctor starts using big words to tell me what is wrong with me,
because I generally just want to know what I can do about it. Basically, lots
of stuff in my back are not the way they should be, and it hurts… A LOT! I was
getting better and was nearly 100% when I re-hurt it grabbing a box of Doritos.
Needless to say, I felt a little pathetic hurting my back that way… I kind of
wish I had a cool story to go along with my hurt back. For example, I could
have hurt it by diving and saving a small child who was falling from a 3 story
building or something like that, but no, I hurt it carrying a 5 lb box of
Doritos.
(Yes, I eat a lot of Doritos)
This got me thinking
about complacency, because I noticed if I sit around too much my back just gets
worse. I need to be constantly moving and icing my back or else my back will
get worse and my Doctor said if I get complacent about making my back better it
could cause permanent damage. I can’t just shrug this injury off and go play
basketball like I normally would; I need to treat it right.
Our faith is the
same as my back injury in that, the moment we begin being complacent about it
we begin damaging it, and for some people that damage can last the rest of
their lives.
I’ve seen this
play out in many people’s lives around me. For example, there are people I know
who once were on fire for Christ, doing all sorts of ministries, reading their
Bible, encouraging me, and holding me accountable until one day they became
complacent. They began thinking they are good enough, giving the old excuse “I
don’t need to go to church; I can worship God at home.” They might come to
church every once in a while for a while, but eventually they find a girlfriend
or boyfriend who’s not a Christian, or they begin going to bars and/or partying.
They then begin sleeping with that boyfriend or girlfriend, and/or move farther
and farther into the party scene. Complacency in your faith can lead to the
death of your faith.
Maybe, these people
who I am speaking of were never actually saved. Maybe they are the seeds Jesus
speaks of in Mark 4:5 that fall in shallow soil and spring up quickly but then
die off because they lack the roots they need to survive. Maybe they will come
back some day… I pray they will. The fact of the matter is, sometimes they
don’t and I never want to be one of them.
Fortunately, they
always can turn around and come back to Christ and we know from Luke 15:11-24
that He will see them coming towards Him and He won’t just sit there and wait
for them to get to Him, He will run to them and embrace them. He won’t care
what they’ve done, He’ll just be happy to have them back home.
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