The Christian Lifestyle

A life in Christ necessitates leaving your comfort zone often.  God calls us to live extravagantly in accordance with His will.  Our flesh, being of the world, desires to do the opposite while our spirit with God's Holy Spirit within pushes us to contradict otherwise.  That is why it is a difficult battle each time God tells us to do something for Him, or when we know we should change our behaviour in order to be more Christlike.  If the Christian lifestyle were meant to be a forever comfortable lifestyle, then God would lie to us to meet our desires.  On the contrary, the Christian lifestyle is meant to be uncomfortable, for God reveals to us the truth to meet our needs.  And because the Truth — Jesus Christ — testifies against our evil works of the world (John 7:7), we become offended and uncomfortable.  Your desires may not always be what you need.