During my prayer and reading time this morning, I was struck with an idea and I can’t let it go. As I pray for our church and the entire movement of Christ followers, I am reminded that a true follower of the Way should be fully committed to living for Jesus and loving as he loved.
However, so often, we lose that passion. Part of the reason, I have observed, is that we grow numb to God working around us. In fact, we often reach a point at which we feel we have arrived – we are mature in our faith.
Unfortunately, “maturity” too often is actually complacency. Complacency is a cancer that is eating away at the very heart of the church today.
Why is it that once we have been a Christ follower for a number of months or years, we become less effective as disciples?
It is because we have lost the fire, the passion, the excitement of what it means to live for Jesus – to love like he showed us to love.
Complacency is a cancer – don’t let it go untreated any longer!
Clay in the Hands 
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