Monday, March 8, 2010

Comfortable

I have been reading Luke and came across this passage and was so convicted. My life is too comfortable. Do I like being comfortable? Of course! Am I scared to pray for more of an uncomfortable life? Absolutely! But I feel it is what I must do. Because I am well fed. I am "rich". I am comfortable. People speak well of me. (At least to my face! :) Woe to me! Wow! Pretty amazing... I am scared. But I would rather have my reward be great in Heaven than have my life comfortable here on earth.

20"Blessed are you who are poor,
for yours is the kingdom of God.
21Blessed are you who hunger now,
for you will be satisfied.
Blessed are you who weep now,
for you will laugh.
22Blessed are you when men hate you,
when they exclude you and insult you
and reject your name as evil, because of the Son of Man.

23"Rejoice in that day and leap for joy, because great is your reward in heaven. For that is how their fathers treated the prophets.
24"But woe to you who are rich,
for you have already received your comfort.
25Woe to you who are well fed now,
for you will go hungry.
Woe to you who laugh now,
for you will mourn and weep.
26Woe to you when all men speak well of you,
for that is how their fathers treated the false prophets.

Luke 6:20-26

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