Push Complacency In Front of the Oncoming Train of Purpose
Monday, August 11, 2014
Hugh Laurie, who played the main character on the show House, MD, said these words: Humility was considered a great virtue in my family household. No show of complacency or self-satisfaction was ever tolerated. Patting yourself on the back was definitely not encouraged, and pleasure or pride would be punishable by death.
Trent Reznor, of Nine Inch Nails fame, said these words: I really try to put myself in uncomfortable situations. Complacency is my enemy.
These two men who have accomplished a lot in their careers are intentional about not being stuck in the status quo. They strive for more.
There is only so long we can fly on the autopilot of complacency before we run out of gas, hit turbulence for which we were unprepared, or we fly into the side of a mountain.
Complacency makes us lose focus on what is important to do and concentrates us on what is in the now. We become indifferent or less concerned with what is ahead. Or worse, we just don’t care because right now seems acceptable.
I read a pastor who interpreted the words of Romans 9:13, “Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated,” in this context. Esau was indifferent and complacent about his birthright, not caring about the purpose that birthright brought for his future. He was more concerned with the present and had rejected the gift that was his birthright.
What would it mean to live apart from complacency? If we reject complacency, the future might be:
(1) filled with the hope of legacy
(2) wide open on account of never surrendering to average
(3) filled with higher ground
(4) a place where the words: love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind actually mean something.
Pursue anything but complacency. Amen.
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