WHEN CALLING IS REPLACED BY COMFORT

“In the spring, at the time when kings go off to war… David remained in Jerusalem.”

One sentence. One shift. One drift.

The same David who once ran toward giants now walked casually across a rooftop. The warrior became comfortable. The passionate became passive.

He didn’t wake up intending to fall. He simply stopped doing what he used to do.

Enthusiasm fades when calling is replaced by comfort.

We rarely lose passion overnight. We abandon it gradually.

We stop showing up.

We stop engaging.

We stop prioritizing time with God.

And then we wonder why joy feels distant.

Jesus said to the church in Ephesus, “You have abandoned the love you had at first… Repent and do the things you did at first.”

Not reinvent yourself.

Return yourself.

Do what you used to do when your heart burned.

Read. Pray. Worship. Gather. Serve.

Hope is held onto when enthusiasm is refilled by closeness.

Comfort is tempting. Calling is costly.

But only one leads to joy.

If you’ve drifted, don’t defend it.

Recognize it. Repent of it. Return.

God restores what we surrender back to Him.