Convenient Christianity

This is something that has been on my mind for quite some time now, but I don't want this confused another topic of Casual Christianity. That has been thoroughly covered by many brilliant theologians, my topic is a bit more specific. What I mean by convenient Christianity is that we will follow God and follow what the Bible says until something pleasurable comes up. When this occurs, we tend to put Jesus in a corner and kindly ask him not to watch as we partake in things that we know aren't morally good, but we do them anyway because it is fun. This catechizing eventually turns into being a Christian only when it is convenient.

Another reason why I make the distinction between casual and convenient is because casual Christians usually are in an apathetic mood, or just don't care at all, towards being a Christian while those who do the convenient way are trying to be better Christians and grow, but don't seem able to make the connection that certain activities hurt their testimony and credibility when it comes to spreading the word. When confronted, they have a barrage of reasons and excuses to legitimize why they do these activities.

Now the reason for doing these things are easy, they're fun and pleasurable. If sinful things weren't, they wouldn't be so hard to not do. It doesn't help when all around us we are encouraged to do what we want, when we want, and if it's possibly wrong/illegal, just don't get caught and all is good. Plus when we do see various people that appear to get away with doing whatever they want and still having a great life, we think that we can do it as well. We forget that everything catches up to you, whether it catches you now or years from now is up to God. There are many people who regret actions they committed when they were younger due to how it shaped their life later on.

So in summary, we need to stop being a Convenient Christian. Another way is kind of like saying stop being a 9-5 Christian. Although it may be hard to say no to certain things, going to clubs, drugs, ect., we need to always remember that God remembers our troubles and rewards us for standing up and sticking to what He wants us to do.

And remember, Don't Panic, and never forget your towel.