Comfortably Numb

Scripture (Revelation 3:15-16, NIV):

"I know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot. I wish you were either one or the other! So, because you are lukewarm - neither hot nor cold - I am about to spit you out of my mouth."

Devotional:

I mean, I love Comfortably Numb by Pink Floyd - but not so much when I'm in the church or when I'm looking for my people to be around! JS. I want me people to want to help me grow. I want my church to want to help me grow. I want my people and my church to want to help others grow and truly want what's best for them. I want to help show the world that there is as much love - if not more love than hate in this world. I want to die showing people that there is love to go around!

And maybe it’s just me, but I find it wild that I’ve lived in two places called the "Bible Belt", and yet I’m having the hardest time finding people who are really burning for Jesus. Everyone talks a big game on social media, but so few actually live it.

We live in a time where the church has become comfortable. People have become comfortable. People don’t want to grow; they want to glow. They want to look holy but live halfway. The sermons are safe, the messages recycled, and the fire behind the pulpit has turned into warm smoke. And I’m just going to be honest - when I look around, I can see who’s living what they preach and who’s just going through the motions. Those who truly live it have a different glow - something pure, unforced, radiant. But the ones who are lukewarm? They look worn out, drained, almost like church has become a chore instead of a chance to meet Jesus. Almost as if life is just going through the motions sometimes. Sometimes it makes me not know how to approach people because I'm afraid if I ask what I can pray for them for - I might offend them.

With my Mary Magdalene kind of relationship with Him, He gives me discernment to see it. Not in a prideful or judgmental way (He found me in a bar as well and cast demons out of me as well, so I am not saying I'm better than anyone - I'm saying that I prayed for a stronger bond that what He had with Mary) - but through the eyes of love and truth. That’s what I prayed for, and He’s given it (He will give you that kind of relationship too if you just ask and receive - IDK that it's stronger that what Him and Mary had, but I know that He gave me a bond). Because when you ask Him to show you people through His eyes, you’ll start to see who’s truly surrendered and who’s just pretending to be.

Jesus doesn’t call us to comfort; He calls us to change. He calls us to crucify our pride, to burn away our idols, and to stop living like Sunday Christians and weekday wanderers. Lukewarm faith isn’t safe - it’s deadly. Because it convinces us that halfway holy is enough, when Jesus gave everything. This is what I saw so much of back home in Texas and it wasn't until I was here that I've been blessed to learn so much from so many great people. We still have to try harder though... maybe I'm just an overachiever? I don't know...

Stepping out of your comfort zone means more than showing up on Sundays. It’s sitting with someone in the hospital you don’t even know. It’s helping people who can’t give you anything back. It’s getting out of bed when you don’t want to. It’s saying no to that TV show that doesn’t serve your spirit and yest to time with Him. And don’t get me wrong - I’ll still watch my Dateline here and there when I’m eating (I’ve got that investigator’s mind that for some reason won't go away lol). But now, I can’t even finish most episodes, because I’d rather fill my mind with something that fuels my faith.

If we all really gave it all to Jesus - if we only watched, read, and did things that helped us be better and give hope - we’d remind the world that there is still as much love as there is hate. That’s what Jesus called us to do.

So what I want to ask instead of "How comfortable am I in church?" - is "When was the last time the church or my people made me uncomfortable enough to change?"

Questions to consider:

1. Have I been more comfortable or convicted in my walk with Him?

2. What habits or comforts might be keeping me comfortable?

3. How can I bring real hope to someone this week instead of just talking about it?

Prayer:

Jesus, don’t let me settle for safe. Light a fire in me that burns away comfort and calls me to action. Give me discernment to see truth through Your eyes and courage to love like You. Help me live with purpose—not perfection—so my life preaches louder than any sermon. Amen.