First, let me give some credit. This is adapted from a sermon I took notes on June 28, 1987 given by James Kirk Lawton, my pastor at Ocean View Baptist Church.
In Luke 9, the Bible tells of Jesus taking Peter, John and James up a mountainside where the transfiguration took place. Moses and Elijah came and Peter says, “It is good we are here. Let us make three tabernacles..” Peter wanted to stay there. It was a happy place.
It s a normal thing to get to a comfortable place and then stay there. Yet, that comfort can soon turn to complacency. With our self imposed quarantine we can become used to doing or not doing things. Be careful not to get complacent. A dad took his 4th grade daughter to a merry-go-round. After riding 5 consecutive times the daughter said, “Daddy, I could live here.” There is nothing wrong with being happy or comfortable, but it does block out what God might have in store for us.
Later in Luke 9, when Jesus and the disciples came down from the mountain, there was a great multitude of people waiting on Jesus. What if they had stayed on that mountain? How many people would have been denied a chance to be blessed? So, be ready to jump back into life and being a potential blessing to someone.