Comfortable

When it comes to answering the questions raised in these posts, it can be easy to make excuses for our inability to measure up. While we would all like to be people who can be totally in love with Jesus, we have a practical reason why it just is not possible for us. I know that because I have been there, and still find myself returning there. The goal of every one of these posts is for it to lead to reflection that leads to action.

The bottom line is that we need help in looking in the mirror and seeing the reality of how lukewarm our love for Jesus has become. That is why Jesus wrote to the seven churches found in Revelation 2-3. These people needed help looking in the mirror to see the accuracy of their condition.

Using the descriptions in Crazy Love is meant to help us look in the mirror as well. Chan writes, “Lukewarm people are thankful for their luxuries and comforts, and rarely consider trying to give as much as possible to the poor. They are quick to point out, ‘Jesus never said money is the root of all evil, only that the love of money is.’ Untold numbers of lukewarm people feel ‘called’ to minister to the rich; very few feel ‘called’ to minister to the poor.” (Crazy Love, p. 75)

It can be easy to love those who are like us and invest in those who already have. After all, that is easy. It gets a lot harder to love people and invest in them when they are not like us or they are in need. Throughout Scripture, it is clear that God’s heart is for the poor. (Isaiah 58:6-7) As people who are in love with Jesus, the same thing that moves Him should move us. Jesus is moved by people who are hungry, thirsty, and without. What moves you?