CHECK YOUR WILLINGNESS

Today's reading: 1 Peter 4-5

"...For if you are willing to suffer for Christ, you have decided to stop sinning." 1 Peter 4:1 NLT

None of us like pain.

Especially not when the pain involves denying one's self pleasure, free will or getting what we want.

But WHEN we determine to seek God above all else, there may be some pain involved in regards to the things of the world that we will need to give up.

The things we ache to do, but won't build our faith.

The old habits we find so deeply rutted into our day, that it challenges us to do it another way.

The built in responses we feel no longer advertise the new life we live.

The communities we no longer feel comfortable in.

The prying of our tight grasp from around things we realize aren't really in our control.

If we are willing to hurt a little in order to be more Christ-like, then we have stopped sinning.

Check your comfort level...I'm checking mine.