Stuck in Comfortville

We’re wrapping up the 15 Revolution series this weekend. In the spirit of wrapping things up, I’d like to quote from the last few pages of Paul Scanlon’s 15 Revolution book:

Goodness and kindness are bridges over which anything can travel.

It is a fact of life that we all default to keeping company with those we find it easiest to be with. We all prefer the comfort and familiarity of those who know and love us over those who don’t.

Sometimes God is saying, “I want to use you, but you’ve got stuck in Comfortville!”

Jesus told his team, “Don’t say four months more and then the harvest. I tell you, open your eyes and look at the fields! They are ripe for harvest.” (John 4.35)

Clearly harvest often depends on where you’re looking.
?So many of us are stuck in a comfortable but tiny circle of love, and to widen that circle to strangers feels particularly awkward because we think that involves evangelism.

But our connection to new people shouldn’t be trying to convert them; it should, first and foremost, be to befriend them.

The language of love, grace, kindness and inclusion is universal and will pave the way for the gospel and all the connections our sovereign God knows lie ahead in the life of the people concerned.

So, get out of your comfort zone and join the revolution!