If you've spent any amount of time observing people, their patterns, and their pursuits, you've probably noticed a trend among us as human beings:

If we're honest, we can probably look back over the last 24-hours alone and see our own natural, internal bent towards this. We instinctively equate "easy" with "good", and factors of safety and comfort dramatically tip the scale in our personal processes of decision-making.

And yet, as followers of Christ, how have we spent the past few weeks?

Intentionally reflecting on the surrender of someone else's safety. Rejoicing and finding hope in the forfeit of someone else's comfort. Being deeply moved to worship and celebrate someone else's sacrifice. That's the essence of, not only the Easter season, but our lives as believers: we glory in the resurrection of Jesus, but strangely enough, we don't get to the glorious resurrection without the gruesome crucifixion.

How should we respond to this reality? When the sacrifice of Christ is worth us celebrating eternally, how can we continue to esteem our own pursuit of comfort? Can we honestly walk forward in the assumption that "easy" and "good" are synonymous? Does the consideration of safety really deserve priority space in our decision-making? Or has Jesus shown us that there is something more?

Pastor J.D. Greear sums it up well :

Written by Laney Mills