Under The Fathers Wings
The Sickness Of Complacency
We have a sickness here in America, but really
not just in America but all over the world
and that sickness is called complacency.
Complacency takes many forms in our lives,
such as thinking something is to little or
to great, taking a causal attitude toward God
or a great problem confronting us, toward our
enemies. Dangers are on the horizon, and we
don't seem to see them as dangers such as
military, social, personal, spiritual. We are going
to have to quit being lazy or at ease when we
should be hard at work, the time is late and our
full involvement is needed. Satan is ready to strike,
and some don't even think he is there or even
worst, is some even believes satan exist. Lets
look at some examples of complacency they
have a smug attitudes of self-satisfaction,
attitudes that say "everything is fine because
I'm happy and comfortable." God has some
very strong words about complacency, especially
complacency toward Him and complacency
toward sin, for both puts us at great risk. As
we go through God's word on this subject
we will see that God loves us to much to lose
us without a fight.
Hosea 13:5-6
I took care of you in the wilderness, in that dry
And the thirsty land. But when you had eaten
And were satisfied, then you became proud and
forgot me.
As we see here, we are in danger of becoming
complacent, when God shows His goodness
toward us. When we are in need, we usually take
God more seriously. But when we are fed, comfortable
and prosperous, it is easier to become complacent
about God. It is a wise person who remembers that
no matter what our circumstances are in this life
God is with us daily in times of both need and
prosperity. When we forget this we are in danger
of falling in the trap of complacency.
James 4:17
Remember, it is sin to know what you ought
to do and then not do it.
God takes rightness seriously, and so should
God people. God tell us that complacent is sin.
God tell us to know what is right and then be
Complacent about it, or unwilling to do it is sin.
Revelation 3:15-17
"I know all the things you do, that you do neither
hot nor cold. I wish you were one or the other!
But since you are lukewarm water, I will spit you
out of my mouth! You say, I am rich. I have everything
I want. I don't need a thing!" and you don't realize
that you are wretched and miserable and poor and
blind and naked.
Complacency leads to indifference, which leads,
which leads to idleness. To stand for nothing
is to stand against God. That is why it is so
dangerous for us to become complacent. I
can honestly say, I have never seen so many of
us who call ourselves Christians that are lukewarm
and complacent regarding just about any thing
from gender lifestyles, abortion, sex outside of
marriage and on and on. You can't even get God's
people to agree. How sad, How grieved God
must be.
Judges 16:16-17
So day after day she nagged him until he couldn't
stand it any longer. finally, Samson told her his
secret "My hair has never been cut," he confessed
"for I was dedicated to God as a Nazirite from birth.
If my head were shaved, my strength would leave
me, and I would become as weak as anyone else."
We see here in this scripture, what happened to
Samson for becoming complacent about his
God given responsibility, as a leader he gave
in and told Delilah the secret to his strength.
He thought it wouldn't matter, he thought every
thing would still be just fine. Does this attitude
sound familiar? Samson's complacency was a sin,
because he disobeyed God's command not to tell
anyone, and he let down his entire nation. The
sin of complacency will destroy everyone and every
thing as it did Samson and the nation, if we do not
stay on guard. The Word of God tells us to guard
our heart so we won't be caught off guard.
1st.Kings 11:1-4
Now King Solomon loved many foreign women.
Besides Pharaoh's daughter, he married women
from Moab, Ammon. Edom. Sidon, and from
among the Hittites. The Lord had clearly instructed
his people not to intermarry with those nations,
because the woman they married would lead them
to worship their gods. Yet Solomon insisted on
loving them anyway. He had seven hundred wives
and three hundred concubines. And sure enough
they led his heart away from the Lord. In Solomon's
old age, they turned his heart to worship their gods
instead of trusting only in the Lord his God, as his
father, David, had done.
What can be said about Solomon, a man that
with all his riches and the blessings of God, a
man who wanted every thing he saw, and in his
sinful desires, became complacent toward God and
God's commands, it led him into sin and all its
devastating consequences. Because of God's
love for us, He warns us of what the end results
will be when we become complacent.
Deuteronomy 1:41-42
"Then you confessed, "We have sinned against
the Lord! We will go into the land and fight for it,
as the Lord our God has told us." So your men
strapped on their weapons, thinking it would be
easy to conquer the hill country. But the Lord said
to me ,"Tell them not to attack, for I will not go
with them. If they do, they will be crushed by their
enemies.
As we see here, the Israelites were complacent and
refused to take the risk God called them to in
conquering the Promised Land. Then they changed
their minds, yet failed to heed God's warning that
he was no longer with them. Does this sound like
something that has happened to us or someone
we know? We tend to forget that every thing in our
lives is timed, their is a time to live, and a time to
die, God has a plan for our lives but it is in His
time not ours. Like the Israelites if we become
complacent and disobedient we can miss God's
timing and lose his protection. We must never be
complacent about the job God calls us to do or
his ability to help us do it.
Job 21:17
Yet the wicked get away with it time and time again.
They rarely have trouble, and God skips
them when he distributes sorrows in his anger.
How many times have we ask or heard someone say
"Why doesn't God punish the wicked?" Well we see
in the above scripture that the wicked are often not
punished for their wickedness and complacency
because they will not listen to correction. They may
prosper materially, but in reality a hard heart is
no longer open to discipline is one life's greatest
tragedies. We have to remember that God chastises
those He loves, and even though we think the wicked
have it made. All I can say is sooner or later they will
have to come face to face with God and give and answer
to Him for what they have did with the sacrifice of
His son Jesus Christ for their sins?
Father I come to you to ask forgiveness for our
sin sickness of complacency, Help us to recognize
when we are being lukewarm , Lord let us not be
a sickness in your mouth. Lord you are worthy of our
obedience, Lord let us not miss out on your plan
for our lives. Let us remember that we are to be
a lamp on the lamp post, the light that shines in the
darkness. Thank you Father for your love and the trust
you have placed in us your children. Keep us under
your wings of protection as we go our way, give us
the courage and the will to broaden our boundaries.
Let us be pleasing in your sight, in every thing
we do, let us lives bring glory to your name.
Oh, Father I praise and thank you, that even
Though we get weary you promised to never
leave us nor forsake us. Thank you Father that
you are only a whisper away.
Amen & Amen
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