Comfortable Jeans

I have this pair of jeans that I feel like I've had forever. They're so comfortable though, and still in pretty good shape except for fraying around the bottoms. You know what I mean, I'm sure you have a pair just like this - the kind that you always feel relaxed and comfortable in and never want to really get rid of. It breaks your heart when they finally get a major rip that causes you to have to throw them away or use them for rags.

Our lives can become somewhat like that old pair of jeans. It's real easy when things are going well in our lives, to become complacent in our christianity. We get relaxed and just enjoy where we're at instead of striving to always grow in Christ. Then one day, something happens, and we realize that our christianity wasn't strong enough, and now we've got a hole or weakness. Because we were so comfortable where we were at, we didn't notice that our spiritual fabric was gradually becoming weaker and weaker. Once the tear happens, it takes some repair to get back to where we were before.

"On Judgment Day,
I'll search through every closet and alley in Jerusalem.
I'll find and punish those who are sitting it out, fat and lazy,
amusing themselves and taking it easy,
Who think, 'God doesn't do anything, good or bad.
He isn't involved, so neither are we.'
But just wait. They'll lose everything they have,
money and house and land.
They'll build a house and never move in.
They'll plant vineyards and never taste the wine." - Zephaniah 1:12-13