Be Comfortable Being UNcomfortable

In about a month, we will be celebrating Easter.

As I have thought about what that means, many of us are drawn to the stories in the Bible leading up to Easter. Maybe you observe Lent, which represents the 40 days leading up to Jesus’ death and is often seen as a time of preparation.

When I think about what led up to Jesus’ crucifixion and the crucifixion itself, I can’t help but think about what Jesus did for me and if I’m willing to do the same for him?

Do you ever get uncomfortable when someone asks you to talk about your faith? Or to pray? To talk about God in a way that is vulnerable? To talk about what God has done in your life? How willing are you to talk about the very God who saved you?

This idea challenged me while on a walk the other day as I was reflecting on what God has done in my life over the past few years. How comfortable am I talking about what God has done in my life? Do I ever shy away from saying something for fear of how it’s going to be perceived? For how it might come across?

Then God reminded me what His Son did for me. Do you not think he was more than uncomfortable dying on the cross for us? There is no one on this earth that has done something more “uncomfortable”. He took the ridicule of an entire town. He was beaten. Mocked. Had nails driven into his hands. A crown on thorns placed on his head. Sound “uncomfortable” yet? And here I am, shying away from simply SAYING something.

Being uncomfortable is, well, uncomfortable. But I feel we are not on this earth to be comfortable, but to be challenged. To proclaim boldly, the name of Jesus. To not hold back when it comes to sharing about our faith and the goodness of God. When I realize how “uncomfortable” (it was SO much more than that), Jesus was for me, it makes me want to stand up for him because it’s because of him and his willingness to die for me, that I get to spend eternity with him!

Let’s be comfortable being UNcomfortable!