Why do we settle for mediocrity in the Christian life, yet we live lives of excessiveness in all other areas of our live. Think about it. We would rather overwork ourselves to make more money. Then we say "Work hard, play hard!" so we can have enough money to entertain ourselves to death. We have buffets in which we eat as much as we possibly can and get drunk with as much alcohol as we can consume. This is American culture. Everyone has a passion. We waste our passion for temporary, foolish things. The consequence on wasting your life on hobbies, sports, or whatever it may be is an unsatisfying end. This C.S. Lewis quote comes to mind:
"If we consider the unblushing promises of reward and the staggering nature of the rewards promised in the Gospels, it would seem that Our Lord finds our desires not too strong, but too weak. We are half-hearted creatures, fooling about with drink and sex and ambition when infinite joy is offered to us, like an ignorant child who wants to go on making mud pies in a slum because he cannot imagine what is meant by the offer of a holiday at the sea. We are far too easily pleased."
Let's turn towards Christ and stop living as if we weren't saved from anything! I pray that I would seek Christ!
The Lewis quote is one of my favorites. Most of the time we think that we are running away from God for the purpose of enjoying some long deprived pleasure. But God himself is the supreme pleasure in the universe, therefore we are running from the very one who could blow our minds with lasting and the most excellent pleasures, and partaking in some cheap and fading pleasure that ends in regret and pain.
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