There is a saying that the safety world uses very often. “Complacency kills”. This refutes to people becoming too comfortable with a specific task that is carried out over and over. Once someone becomes complacent a false sense of security fills him or her, and once that happens a simple task can become very dangerous or even deadly.
This is true in our relationship with Christ. I admit that the Lord has revealed this to me about myself. Coming home from the Race has been great, but it also has been a lot harder for me than I thought. I didn’t realize this till recently.
I was in a routine of a very deep spiritual community on the Race. Since I was in that routine, I thrived, because of that my relationship with the Lord thrived, and when that thrived my relationships with everyone around me thrived. See where I’m going??
So the Lord has revealed to me why it’s been so hard for me since I’ve gotten back from the Race. He helped me to understand that I thrive in a routine lifestyle and that wasn’t being met. I’m squad leading so I didn’t get a job, so there’s one routine that was gone. Since I don’t have a job I haven’t really been doing much because it costs money, there go any other potential opportunities for routines to happen. Since I wasn’t placing myself in a routine I began to become complacent in myself, and that’s where the snowball was formed. I proceeded to give that snowball a nice shove down the hill. Since I became complacent with myself my relationship with the Lord began to become complacent as well. I stopped trying to listen to Him, my prayers became mediocre, when I read my Bible I wasn’t trying to fully comprehending what I was reading, simply put, my relationship became bland and surface level. When that happened my relationships around me began to follow the same path. I wasn’t being deep or intentional with my conversations with my family or friends, as I met strangers I wasn’t shinning Christ’s light as much. I was just going through the motions. Since the relationships around me were becoming mundane my life was slowly crumbling around me.
Spiritual complacency leads to injury in our relationship with Christ, and if ignored, injury can lead to spiritual death.
What I find so cool is that there is scripture to back this up! Proverbs 1:32 states, “For the waywardness of the simple will kill them, and the complacency of fools will destroy them”. There’s proof that the Word of God is still living today. It’s amazing to me how that verse was written somewhere between 970-930 BC and it stills has a very real impact on us today.
I encourage you to check yourself and see if you’re being complacent in any area of your life. If you are, it’s ok. There’s this amazing thing called Grace! Press into those areas and surrender them to the Lord. It’s amazing the things He will reveal to you and help you correct.
I am pleased to say that I dove headfirst into my complacency with the Lord, and within about a half hour God revealed these things to me. Now I’m back on the right track and walking hand in hand with our Father.
I continue to ask that you prayerfully consider donating to my account. I need your help in becoming fully funded. If you cannot give financially, that’s ok. Prayer is the best way to give! Please pray for the squad, finances and anything else you can think of. If you know of anyone who would love to donate please spread the word.
Thank you so much for taking the time to read this! I am so thankful that you are apart of this crazy journey!
Much Love,
—Cam
