uncomfortably comfortable

I am truly excited about the new building that Journey has aquired. I found it very different and almost uncomfortably comfortable.
This I do not want. There was nothing comfortable about Paul and the apostles teaching from town to town. They never new what response they would receive, yet they continued teaching. In fact, more times than not they new they would not be received well, yet they continued teaching. So, my challenge, not to just Journey but to The Church Body as a whole,
is not my own words but is me in agreement with a fellow musician and christian brother Derek Webb

 

After ten years in a Christian band, backstage in the music industry and in the hallways of church buildings across America, my attention as a songwriter has turned to a fresh affection for the Church. It seems we know all to little of who She is, how She should dress, or what She was made for. I have found that Scripture is provocative when it comes to these issues and so these songs are not for the faint of heart. Truth is, God would rather die than be without her, and she is both wretched and radiant. I’m convinced that there is only one righteousness suitable for Jesus’ bride, and he is jealous for her love. For the believer, truth is freedom. Even truth that is hard to hear. May these songs stir all of us to see, as if for the first time that we have (still) a great need for a Savior, and a great Savior for our need.

 

So my prayer is that we might be stirred, that we might be shaken, that we might be driven to desire more of him. That we might not be uncomfortably comfortable in the days to come.