Being a Christian is Not Hard

Being a Christian not hard, but if you think it is, you are blessed.

 

You’re blessed because the Holy Spirit has revealed to you that you’re operating in your self-centered, self-absorbed, self-indulgent, self-serving, and self-concerned flesh. You’re also blessed because there is a solution, Jesus put it this way: “Deny (yourself), and take up (your) cross and follow Me.”

 

Stop listening to those who are preaching that being a Christian is hard. They are enablers. Unless they offer a carnal explanation, they’re errantly providing you an excuse to remain stuck in your flesh. They’re also calling Jesus a liar, for He said that His yoke (teaching) was easy and His burden (those things that come with being a follower of Jesus Christ) is light.

 

Remember, Christ’s teachings are easy and carrying the Christian load is light. If this isn’t the case for you, you’re not doing it right. Most likely you’re selfishly looking back to the fleshly desires of your heart, just like Lot’s wife did.

 

Disclaimer

No Christian is exempt from struggling in their flesh, no one. Some just do it more than others and have come to believe it’s the norm. However, when we falsely proclaim that the Christian life is hard, we’re ignoring the root of the problem and justifying Spirit-less behavior, but when we submit ourselves to the sanctification process, we are essentially allowing Jesus to make these ‘flesh-to-Spirit’ changes in us on a daily basis. Fighting the change; wrestling with God to remain in our flesh, is what’s hard.

For Study: 

“Walk in the Spirit” (Rom. 8:4)

 

“Set your minds on the things of the Spirit” (Rom. 8:5-8)

 

“Put to death the deeds of the body by the Spirit” (Rom. 8:13)

 

“Be led by the Spirit” (Rom. 8:14)

 

“Know the Fatherhood of God by the Spirit” (Rom. 8:15-17)

 

“Hope in the Spirit” (Rom 8:22-25)

 

“Pray in the Spirit” (Rom. 8:26-28)