Who said anything about “easy?”
Jul 21st, 2010 by ljkim
There’s nothing wrong with doing things the easy way – but in our easy going society we’re in danger of losing the joy in doing something hard. No one climbs a mountain because it’s easy. Or sails around the world. Or trains for the Olympics. These things are cool because they are NOT easy. Sometimes, when we do something hard, it’s the difficulty that gives it value. Now I love the way companies like Kiva make it “easy” to do a little bit of good. I hope there are more and more companies that can make good-doing as simple and easy… But when it comes to the really meaningful things we do for God, I don’t think they’re supposed to be easy. Whether it’s getting over a besetting sin, or offering a service in God’s name, or being involved in the Jesus-life – part of the value is in the fact that offering these things is not easy. If it were easy, what kind of an offering would it be? So here’s the question: What is God asking you to do that’s hard?
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